[Morphix-user] Arrr, and other noises of documentation-related frustration.

[Larry L. <gt...@pr...>]

Dear Morphix-Users's email list,

I've been tooling around with Morphix for a few days now, and I am having=
 not so
much luck.

Here are my requirements:

I have a somewhat special-purpose application in mind.  For various reaso=
ns, I
have to have a debian stable environment, and I have a custom kernel to i=
nstall
(based on the debian sources, of course), but it must be a 2.4.27.

Here are my difficulties:

I have attempted to modify morphix-gnome.xml to produce a debian-stable b=
ased
livecd, as currently that template produces a unstable(or testing?) based=
 image.
 I played around with the package list until I was satisified that essent=
ially
all of the same packages were being installed (some have changed name, so=
me
don't exist in stable, etc), and you may find it here, for your perusal:
http://www.math.gatech.edu/~lindsey/morphix/my-morphix-gnome.xml.gz

I used the instructions found here:
http://aquariusoft.org/page/linux/livecd_howto/

to produce an iso.  Note that at this point I have merely modified the te=
mplate.
 I have not messed with the kernel or my specific software as of yet.  Fo=
llowing
these instructions did produce a bootable iso image, however, one that sp=
ewed
errors about read-only filesystems and a missing user (morphix, or mmorph=
, or
whatever that username is), and which would only reboot itself after a ce=
rtain
point, I assume, because it could not figure out how to start the X serve=
r.

This is only the most recent of several attempts that have ended in failu=
re.

So, I have an observation and a question.

First the observation:  The user documentation for morphix sucks.  I hate=
 to be
so negative, because everything else about the project seems wonderful.  =
The
idea of an easy-to-build livecd is pretty hot.

So here comes the question:  Is anyone willing to help walk me through cr=
eating
such a cd with morphix?  If someone could successfully do that, I might b=
e
willing to help you out by producing some documentation that can be under=
stood
by someone not familiar with the inner workings of the project.

Love,

Larry
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