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In particular to support a new Morphix LiveCD - MorphingMorphix.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2504070"></a> -The following is an extract from Knoppix Hacks - 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools describing Morphix.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2504082"></a>A look at Morphix: The Hack-friendly Live CD</h3></div></div></div><p>Given the popularity of Knoppix and the vast amount of people +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Preface</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="next" href="ar01s03.html" title="Morphix ISO README"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Preface</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s03.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2504490"></a>Preface</h2></div></div></div><p>This is an attempt to document some of ways to use Morphix. In particular to support a new Morphix LiveCD - MorphingMorphix.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2504502"></a> +The following is an extract from Knoppix Hacks - 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools describing Morphix.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2504514"></a>A look at Morphix: The Hack-friendly Live CD</h3></div></div></div><p>Given the popularity of Knoppix and the vast amount of people working on derivative versions of Knoppix, it doesn't come as a surprise that people have been working to make Knoppix easier to modify and more flexible to use. In early 2003, Morphix was born out of a number of Knoppix remasters' wishes to have a version of Knoppix that was good at what they used Knoppix for: a base upon which to -build their own versions using Debian GNU/Linux.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2504091"></a>What makes Morphix so special compared to other Live CDs</h4></div></div></div><p>As you have seen in this book, there are a number of ways to change Knoppix to +build their own versions using Debian GNU/Linux.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2504522"></a>What makes Morphix so special compared to other Live CDs</h4></div></div></div><p>As you have seen in this book, there are a number of ways to change Knoppix to your liking. However, these possibilities have always been, and probably always will be, fairly limited. Knoppix was made for different goals: to detect your hardware as fast and correct as possible, to be a good demonstration of Linux @@ -36,24 +36,24 @@ them. All combined ISOs contain the Morphix installer, a graphical tool for installing Morphix onto your harddisk, and a number of other graphical and command line Morphix tools for various -purposes. Each of these live CDs has their own targeted audience—our +purposes. Each of these live CDs has their own targeted audience—our opinion has always been that we should offer (limited) choice to users -and as much choice as possible for developers:</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465637"></a>Morphix LightGUI</h4></div></div></div><p>Aimed at lower-end PCs, LightGUI features the XFCE4 desktop and +and as much choice as possible for developers:</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466074"></a>Morphix LightGUI</h4></div></div></div><p>Aimed at lower-end PCs, LightGUI features the XFCE4 desktop and contains a reasonable amount of lighter tools. It was the initial version of Morphix, and the aim has been to keep LightGUI small enough to have it fit on 210MB CDR(W). LightGUI includes Abiword, Gnumeric, Dillo and Firefox. For communication, Gaim and Xchat are included, and for -photo processing the GIMP has been added.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465659"></a>Morphix Gnome</h4></div></div></div><p>Formerly named Morphix HeavyGUI, this flavour was for some time the +photo processing the GIMP has been added.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466096"></a>Morphix Gnome</h4></div></div></div><p>Formerly named Morphix HeavyGUI, this flavour was for some time the only conterpart of LightGUI. Including Gnome, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, and the kitchen sink, Morphix Gnome was aimed at office users with more recent machines. Even so, a normal Morphix Gnome ISO still doesn't fill up the whole (650MB) CD-ROM, and recent versions weigh in at -around 500MB.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465680"></a>Morphix KDE</h4></div></div></div><p>Although primarily focused on GTK/Gnome, the Morphix crew acknowledges +around 500MB.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466117"></a>Morphix KDE</h4></div></div></div><p>Although primarily focused on GTK/Gnome, the Morphix crew acknowledges that users might prefer KDE instead (and looking at the number of derivatives, a lot of users do!). Morphix KDE contains the whole KDE suite of programs, as well as Mozilla and other applications. Morphix KDE sits inbetween LightGUI and Gnome when it comes to size, and fills up -approximately 400MB of space on your CD-ROM.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465702"></a>Morphix Game</h4></div></div></div><p>An odd-ball in Morphix, this flavour contains the very light IceWM and +approximately 400MB of space on your CD-ROM.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466139"></a>Morphix Game</h4></div></div></div><p>An odd-ball in Morphix, this flavour contains the very light IceWM and a very large number of Open Source games. BZflag, Frozen Bubble, Freecraft and many, many others are sure to entertain the kids (or entertain the kid in you) for quite a few hours. Normally Morphix Game also includes @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ that derivatives can even rebrand the Morphix installer, although the source itself is licensed under the GNU GPL. A graphical partitioner and series of configuration tools have been under development and are -likely to be part of Morphix by the time this book comes off the press.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465739"></a>Morphing-Morphix</h4></div></div></div><p>The purpose of <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span> is to provide the quick way to start <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing</em></span> and making your own LiveCD. Just boot the CD and start Morphing, no need to install tools, compile applications or switch operating systems. All is required is some space on a connected hard drive. The aim is to be able make new Morphix LiveCDs using this LiveCD, as an introduction to Morphix. In fact this LiveCD was made using Morphing-Morphix.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2465763"></a>Derivatives</h4></div></div></div><p>A lot has been said about the number of Linux distributions recently. What +likely to be part of Morphix by the time this book comes off the press.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466176"></a>Morphing-Morphix</h4></div></div></div><p>The purpose of <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span> is to provide the quick way to start <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing</em></span> and making your own LiveCD. Just boot the CD and start Morphing, no need to install tools, compile applications or switch operating systems. All is required is some space on a connected hard drive. The aim is to be able make new Morphix LiveCDs using this LiveCD, as an introduction to Morphix. In fact this LiveCD was made using Morphing-Morphix.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2466200"></a>Derivatives</h4></div></div></div><p>A lot has been said about the number of Linux distributions recently. What others see as a complicated mess, we see as a healthy, messy eco-system. Morphix has quite a few offspring and a lot of them are specially focussed at a single group of people @@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ liking take a look on www.morphix.org for a list of related projects. Even if you start 'morphing' from one of these derivatives, you can be sure of a base to fall back to and a design that will get -your project 'live' and updated ASAP.</p><p>Happy Morphing!</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s03.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Morphix Manual </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Morphix ISO README</td></tr></table></div></body></html> +your project 'live' and updated ASAP.</p><p>Happy Morphing!</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s03.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Morphix Manual </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Morphix ISO README</td></tr></table></div></body></html> Modified: trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s03.html =================================================================== --- trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s03.html 2006-03-23 20:17:21 UTC (rev 2164) +++ trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s03.html 2006-03-23 20:19:45 UTC (rev 2165) @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Morphix ISO README</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s02.html" title="Preface"><link rel="next" href="ar01s04.html" title="Morphing Morphix tools"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Morphix ISO README</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s04.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2465804"></a>Morphix ISO README</h2></div></div></div><p>If you're wondering what the directories on the cdrom do, this is the right -document. If not, take a look on morphix.org! (don't miss the FAQ or wiki)</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2465886"></a> +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Morphix ISO README</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s02.html" title="Preface"><link rel="next" href="ar01s04.html" title="Morphing Morphix tools"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Morphix ISO README</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s04.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2466241"></a>Morphix ISO README</h2></div></div></div><p>If you're wondering what the directories on the cdrom do, this is the right +document. If not, take a look on morphix.org! (don't miss the FAQ or wiki)</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466327"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /boot</em></span> - contains the init ramdisk, grub menu and kernel</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2465902"></a> + contains the init ramdisk, grub menu and kernel</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466342"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /base</em></span> contains morphix, the module that detects/configures your hardware and - contains your standard kernel modules.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2465919"></a> + contains your standard kernel modules.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466359"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /mainmod</em></span> contains mainmodules, these are also cloop images, comparable to the /base/morphix file, but using a different structure see README.mainmod for info about the internal structure of these files In short: mainmodules contain your filesystem, except for your kernel, - loadable kernel modules, and hardware detection scripts.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2465945"></a> + loadable kernel modules, and hardware detection scripts.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466385"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /minimod </em></span> contains minimodules, again these are cloop images. You don't need them, but you can add extra functionality by including - extra minimodules. See README.minimod.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2465964"></a> + extra minimodules. See README.minimod.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466405"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /exec </em></span> If you place files in this directory, they will be executed at boottime. Note that this does not mean that programs using X @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ <span class="emphasis"><em>echo \"program\" >> /home/morph/.xinitrc</em></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>echo \"program\" >> /home/morph/.xsession</em></span> (Does Debian still use .xsession? not 100% sure, xinitrc should - be enough…) + be enough…) Again, try this out. Exit from X, execute the script, and - 'sh /morphix/init.sh'</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466007"></a> + 'sh /morphix/init.sh'</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466449"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>o /copy</em></span> If you place files in this directory, they will be copied over to the root of your filesystem. Use directories to place files in a certain @@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ to copy the xfcerc file to /home/morph/.xfce4/xfcerc at boottime.</p><pre class="literallayout">Interesting things can be done with adding files to locations like: + '/copy/morphix/init.sh' or - '/copy/morphix/loadmod.sh'</pre><pre class="literallayout">as these files are executed after being swapped. Great fun ;)</pre></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s04.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Preface </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Morphing Morphix tools</td></tr></table></div></body></html> + '/copy/morphix/loadmod.sh'</pre><pre class="literallayout">as these files are executed after being swapped. Great fun ;)</pre></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s04.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Preface </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Morphing Morphix tools</td></tr></table></div></body></html> Modified: trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s04.html =================================================================== --- trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s04.html 2006-03-23 20:17:21 UTC (rev 2164) +++ trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s04.html 2006-03-23 20:19:45 UTC (rev 2165) @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Morphing Morphix tools</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s03.html" title="Morphix ISO README"><link rel="next" href="ar01s05.html" title="HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Morphing Morphix tools</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s05.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2466052"></a>Morphing Morphix tools</h2></div></div></div><p>A number of commandline tools and scripts are provided in order to help +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Morphing Morphix tools</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s03.html" title="Morphix ISO README"><link rel="next" href="ar01s05.html" title="HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Morphing Morphix tools</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s05.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2466494"></a>Morphing Morphix tools</h2></div></div></div><p>A number of commandline tools and scripts are provided in order to help you morph. You can find all of these in the Morphix repository, -see <a href="http://www.morphix.org/debian" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/debian</a> for details.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466072"></a> +see <a href="http://www.morphix.org/debian" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/debian</a> for details.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466514"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- module-builder (morphix-modulebuilder)</em></span> - Constructs a module from a directory</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466089"></a> + Constructs a module from a directory</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466531"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- module-extractor (morphix-moduleextractor)</em></span> - Extracts files from a module to a directory</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466105"></a> + Extracts files from a module to a directory</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466547"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- make-iso (morphix-make-iso)</em></span> Creates a bootable ISO from a directory, detects multiple base versions.</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>- isomorph (morphix-isomorph)</em></span> - Lists modules on an ISO, adds or removes modules from an ISO, and more!</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466129"></a> + Lists modules on an ISO, adds or removes modules from an ISO, and more!</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466571"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- mmaker (morphix-mmaker)</em></span> Creates a base or main module, using template files. Examples are in /usr/share/mmaker/templates. See <a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/ModuleMaker" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/ModuleMaker</a> and documentation in /usr/share/doc/mmaker for details.</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>- isomaker (morphix-mmaker)</em></span> Creates an iso, using one or more mmaker template files. - See documentation in /usr/share/doc/mmaker for details.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466167"></a> + See documentation in /usr/share/doc/mmaker for details.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466608"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- make-mini (morphix-mmaker)</em></span> Commandline tool for building homedir and language minimodules.</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>- install2mainmod (morphix-install2mainmod)</em></span> - Converts a running hdd install into a mainmodule.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466405"></a> + Converts a running hdd install into a mainmodule.</p><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466850"></a> <span class="emphasis"><em>- minimod-gen (morphix-minimodgen)</em></span> Provides a commandline interface for building simple minimodules.</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>- addtoiso (morphix-addtoiso)</em></span> - Add file to an iso, without having to copy the file all within the image</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s05.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Morphix ISO README </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing</td></tr></table></div></body></html> + Add file to an iso, without having to copy the file all within the image</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s05.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Morphix ISO README </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing</td></tr></table></div></body></html> Modified: trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s05.html =================================================================== --- trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s05.html 2006-03-23 20:17:21 UTC (rev 2164) +++ trunk/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s05.html 2006-03-23 20:19:45 UTC (rev 2165) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Morphix Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s04.html" title="Morphing Morphix tools"><link rel="next" href="ar01s06.html" title="Appendix FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions FAQ"><link href="http://www.morphix.org/templates/MorphixORG/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s06.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2466430"></a>HowTo: Some Examples to help you start Morphing</h2></div></div></div><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2466437"></a> -Some <span class="emphasis"><em>updated</em></span> How Tos to help you get started with Morphing. These HowTos are available on interacive <span class="emphasis"><em>How To</em></span> LiveCD called <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span>, much better than a boring document.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2466461"></a>A look at Morphing-Morphix</h3></div></div></div><p>The purpose of <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span> is to provide the quick way to start <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing</em></span> and making your own LiveCD. Just boot the CD and start Morphing, no need to install tools, compile applications or switch operating systems. All is required is some space on a connected hard drive. The aim is to be able make new Morphix LiveCDs using this LiveCD, as an introduction to Morphix. 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These HowTos are available on interacive <span class="emphasis"><em>How To</em></span> LiveCD called <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span>, much better than a boring document.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2466904"></a>A look at Morphing-Morphix</h3></div></div></div><p>The purpose of <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing-Morphix</em></span> is to provide the quick way to start <span class="emphasis"><em>Morphing</em></span> and making your own LiveCD. Just boot the CD and start Morphing, no need to install tools, compile applications or switch operating systems. All is required is some space on a connected hard drive. The aim is to be able make new Morphix LiveCDs using this LiveCD, as an introduction to Morphix. In fact this LiveCD was made using Morphing-Morphix.</p><p>The following Morphs can be completed from the LiveCD.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> <a href="ar01s05.html#FirstMorph" title="Your First Morph">My First Morph - change the background</a> </li><li> <a href="ar01s05.html#BootMenu" title="Morphing the Boot Menu">Morphing the Boot Menu</a> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ </li><li> Edit configuration files </li><li> -Have fun …. +Have fun …. </li></ul></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="AutoBuilding"></a>Auto-Building Morphix Modules</h4></div></div></div><p>We will take a look at Module Maker, or MMaker, a tool for autobuilding Morphix modules. Remastering modules is all fine and well, and you can do this just as you can with a compressed KNOPPIX image. However, laziness is seen as a virtue in Morphix-land: one command is all it should take to (re)build a module. A look at a module generator</p><p>MMaker is a tool under development at the moment, but is quite simple in nature. Using a so-called template, an xml file with all the information about the module you want to build, you can auto-build a Morphix module:</p><pre class="literallayout">mmaker mytemplate.xml mymodule.mod</pre><p>What MMaker does when you execute this command is debootstrap a new debian filesystem using the details in the template, set up the necessary mainmodule directories and installs all packages specified in the template, while using apt to handle any dependancies. Afterwards it compresses the whole bunch into a fresh new module, ready to be added to a Morphix Live CD in the usual manner.</p><p>As you might have guessed, the template is the key to all of this. A look at one for Morphix LightGUI: [note to editor: the template uses an xml notation, so might not appear when viewing in html]</p><pre class="literallayout"><comps> <groups> @@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ <packagereq>mozilla-firefox</packagereq> <!-- ... other goodies here ... --> </packagelist> -</group> -</comps></pre><p>Seems simple, doesn't it? The actual template for LightGUI is quite a bit longer (and contains a package to start xfce4 at boot time), but it's very simple to specify which repositories you want to use, what Debian suite you want, what type of Morphix module you want to autobuild and naturally the packages you want. Currently, MMaker can only build base and main modules . A few tags might need some extra explaining:</p><p><repository> - With this tag you define the Debian repository/repositories from which to build your module. Use the type="plain" attribute when you have a repository without separate suites (You can verify this by checking the repository, if it has a Packages file in the root directory of the repository we call it <span class="emphasis"><em>plain</em></span>). Normal, Debian-style repositories is default</p><p><type> - mainmod, basemod. minimod-type templates are coming up (a separate minimodule generator was constructed before MMaker). It would actually be fairly easy to even have a knoppix-type.</p><p><suite> - sid, sarge, woody (or unstable, testing or stable). These are the three branches of Debian, of which Morphix is derived from.</p><p><arch> - the architecture for which you are building your module. Using an architecture different from the host system isn't recommended and can lead to very interesting errors. It defaults to the architecture of your host system, which should be fine most of the time.</p><p>There are a few other tags and commandline options for MMaker, consult the documentation for details.</p><p>After your module is built (which takes some time without a local Debian mirror) your uncompressed module will exist in a directory in your /tmp. MMaker will output details of how to recompress it if necessary. We hope MMaker will be useful in letting Morphix work for you! +</groups> +</comps></pre><p>NB This is a partial template see <a href="http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/morphix/trunk/mmaker/templates/" target="_top">http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/morphix/trunk/mmaker/templates/</a> for template examples.</p><p>Seems simple, doesn't it? The actual template for LightGUI is quite a bit longer (and contains a package to start xfce4 at boot time), but it's very simple to specify which repositories you want to use, what Debian suite you want, what type of Morphix module you want to autobuild and naturally the packages you want. Currently, MMaker can only build base and main modules . A few tags might need some extra explaining:</p><p><repository> - With this tag you define the Debian repository/repositories from which to build your module. Use the type="plain" attribute when you have a repository without separate suites (You can verify this by checking the repository, if it has a Packages file in the root directory of the repository we call it <span class="emphasis"><em>plain</em></span>). Normal, Debian-style repositories is default</p><p><type> - mainmod, basemod. minimod-type templates are coming up (a separate minimodule generator was constructed before MMaker). It would actually be fairly easy to even have a knoppix-type.</p><p><suite> - sid, sarge, woody (or unstable, testing or stable). These are the three branches of Debian, of which Morphix is derived from.</p><p><arch> - the architecture for which you are building your module. Using an architecture different from the host system isn't recommended and can lead to very interesting errors. It defaults to the architecture of your host system, which should be fine most of the time.</p><p>There are a few other tags and commandline options for MMaker, consult the documentation for details.</p><p>After your module is built (which takes some time without a local Debian mirror) your uncompressed module will exist in a directory in your /tmp. MMaker will output details of how to recompress it if necessary. We hope MMaker will be useful in letting Morphix work for you! References <a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/ModuleMaker" target="_top">Module Maker Wiki page</a></p></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="TestQemu"></a>Testing an iso using Qemu</h3></div></div></div><p>The next Morph is not really a Morph. It is used to test other morphs.</p><p>Qemu is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation.</p><p>In short: Boot you LiveCD inside this LiveCD, but a little slow. Faster than burning a cd and rebooting. Good for -testing</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2465181"></a>Using iBuild</h3></div></div></div><p>To be added. In the meantime, see: +testing</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2514436"></a>Using iBuild</h3></div></div></div><p>To be added. 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When you reboot (without the cd in the drive) your machine will be the way you had it before…completely unchanged.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514256"></a>What is Morphix used for ?</h4></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> +</li></ul></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="AboutMorphix"></a>About Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514547"></a>What is Morphix ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Morphix is a GNU/Linux operating system on a CD.</p><p>In other words, you don't have to install anything to your harddisk…simply drop in the cd, boot your pc, use Morphix! When you reboot (without the cd in the drive) your machine will be the way you had it before…completely unchanged.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514571"></a>What is Morphix used for ?</h4></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> A whole operating system, to install your programs on and give out. Why send out installation disks, give them a whole operating system with your files. </li><li> A rescue disk. A working operating system to boot your fscked looking hardware. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A Linux demo CD, spread the word, by showing people a Linux operating system. </li><li> Dust-off old hardware, with defunct harddrives and rejuvenate them. -</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514305"></a>What is Morphix made out of ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Morphix is a derivative of Knoppix, another live CD distribution. Both are based heavly on Debian.</p><p>Morphix is modular; this means that it consists of a number of parts which together form a working distribution. What does this mean to a normal user?</p><p>Well, that's the good part: he/she doesn't even know about the modules. The modularity is invisible to the user, save the startup-output on the console (which is hidden via a progress-screen in the latest releases). So, if you don't care about how it works, just grab one of the combined isos and boot it! The best thing is that these isos can be easily modified (Morphed) by you as you require.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514334"></a>Why Morphix? Why should I care?</h4></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514620"></a>What is Morphix made out of ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Morphix is a derivative of Knoppix, another live CD distribution. Both are based heavly on Debian.</p><p>Morphix is modular; this means that it consists of a number of parts which together form a working distribution. What does this mean to a normal user?</p><p>Well, that's the good part: he/she doesn't even know about the modules. The modularity is invisible to the user, save the startup-output on the console (which is hidden via a progress-screen in the latest releases). So, if you don't care about how it works, just grab one of the combined isos and boot it! The best thing is that these isos can be easily modified (Morphed) by you as you require.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514649"></a>Why Morphix? Why should I care?</h4></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> Morphix is and will remain Free Software! </li><li> Morphix is a liveCD, with the possibility to install to Harddisk @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ </li><li> Morphix is smaller! (only some 190MB for a complete image with icewm, check the mirror) </li><li> -Morphix is easily adaptable… and much more! -</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514386"></a>What's the catch?</h4></div></div></div><p>Morphix is not finished. It's beta-quality for now! It might not be as uptodate as Knoppix regarding hardware detection, or might handle certain hardware differently</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514400"></a>Why Morphix, but not Knoppix ?</h4></div></div></div><p>You only download what you want. You only download what you need! +Morphix is easily adaptable… and much more! +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514702"></a>What's the catch?</h4></div></div></div><p>Morphix is not finished. It's beta-quality for now! It might not be as uptodate as Knoppix regarding hardware detection, or might handle certain hardware differently</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514715"></a>Why Morphix, but not Knoppix ?</h4></div></div></div><p>You only download what you want. You only download what you need! o Built-in installer with GUI. PartitionMorpher (a graphical parition program) is under development</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> Flexibility. Minimods give you a way to change your environment </li><li> More Software. You can't cram everything in 700MB! -</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514436"></a>Where can I get an answer to my questions ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Try</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li> +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514751"></a>Where can I get an answer to my questions ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Try</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li> The manual - <a href="http://www.morphix.org/manual/how_tos/docbook_html/index.html" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/manual/how_tos/docbook_html/index.html</a> - (which including this FAQ), </li><li> The wiki - <a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/wiki</a> @@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/morphix-cvs" target="_top">http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/morphix-cvs</a> </li></ul></div></li><li> irc - We can be found almost daily on the IRC server irc.freenode.net on channel #morphix. See you there! If your browser supports IRC, (eg Mozilla) this you can use this link, irc://irc.freenode.net/morphix -</li></ol></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="BootingMorphix"></a>Booting Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514588"></a>Morphix Does Not Boot</h4></div></div></div><p>First step is to confirm that your computer's BIOS is set to boot from CD <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> the hard drive(s).</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> +</li></ol></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="BootingMorphix"></a>Booting Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514904"></a>Morphix Does Not Boot</h4></div></div></div><p>First step is to confirm that your computer's BIOS is set to boot from CD <span class="emphasis"><em>before</em></span> the hard drive(s).</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> At this point, shortly after rebooting, you should see a menu listing, Morphix followed by different options. </li></ul></div><p>The next steps is to test the CD donwloaded correctly and was burnt without any errors.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> Select from the boot-menu <span class="emphasis"><em>Test-cd</em></span>. -</li></ul></div><p>If the CD test confirms no errors. The next step is to steer the hardware detection in the right direction, the majority of hardware detection problems (such as blank screen after initial boot) can be overcome using some boot options.</p><p>Once you read this boot options section of the FAQ have a look at the list of all possible Boot Options, <a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions</a></p><p>A dasebase for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired</p><p>The new grub menu (0.4-1d or later) allows you to select most of the boot options using the menu system and the cursor keys. To add extra boot options to the menu you can edit the command line, just type in the extra boot option. If you do not want to add any further boots option grub menu automatic times out after 5 seconds and starts the boot process.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514671"></a>Blank Screen At End of Boot Process</h4></div></div></div><p>Graphic cards are the most problematic to auto-detect. Also to nvidia drivers are not used automatically as only proprietary drivers are available from nvidia.com.</p><p>Below are the some most popular boot options used.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> +</li></ul></div><p>If the CD test confirms no errors. The next step is to steer the hardware detection in the right direction, the majority of hardware detection problems (such as blank screen after initial boot) can be overcome using some boot options.</p><p>Once you read this boot options section of the FAQ have a look at the list of all possible Boot Options, <a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions" target="_top">http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions</a></p><p>A dasebase for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired</p><p>The new grub menu (0.4-1d or later) allows you to select most of the boot options using the menu system and the cursor keys. To add extra boot options to the menu you can edit the command line, just type in the extra boot option. If you do not want to add any further boots option grub menu automatic times out after 5 seconds and starts the boot process.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514987"></a>Blank Screen At End of Boot Process</h4></div></div></div><p>Graphic cards are the most problematic to auto-detect. Also to nvidia drivers are not used automatically as only proprietary drivers are available from nvidia.com.</p><p>Below are the some most popular boot options used.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> xmodule=vesa </li><li> xmodule=nvidia </li></ul></div><p>Laptop owners may need to use, Use fixed framebuffer graphics. * fb1024x768</p><p>Try to match the boot code xmodule=GraphicsCard with your Graphics Card</p><p>The list of all possible Boot Options, http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions -A dasebase for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514729"></a>Hardware Detection</h4></div></div></div><p><a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions" target="_top">Try different boot options</a></p><p>A database for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, [http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired]</p></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="UsingMorphix"></a>Using Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514761"></a>How do I get root, I need to be super user ?</h4></div></div></div><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2514769"></a></p><p>Open up a terminal and type : -</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>sudo su</em></span></p><p>To set the root password : -</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>sudo passwd</em></span></p><p>Why sudo, you might ask? Having a default root pass would provide additional level of complexity. It is also easy to disable sudo if you want to lock down your morph (see /etc/sudoers file).</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2514804"></a>How do I dial-up, set up PPP ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Open a terminal shell and type,</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> +A dasebase for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2515046"></a>Hardware Detection</h4></div></div></div><p><a href="http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixBootOptions" target="_top">Try different boot options</a></p><p>A database for boot options that other people have used to get hardware working is in the wiki, [http://www.morphix.org/wiki/index.php/MorphixHardwareVsBootOptionsRequired]</p></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="UsingMorphix"></a>Using Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2515078"></a>How do I get root, I need to be super user ?</h4></div></div></div><p><a class="indexterm" name="id2515085"></a></p><p>Open up a terminal and type : -</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>sudo su</em></span></p><p>To set the root password : -</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>sudo passwd</em></span></p><p>Why sudo, you might ask? Having a default root pass would provide additional level of complexity. It is also easy to disable sudo if you want to lock down your morph (see /etc/sudoers file).</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2515120"></a>How do I dial-up, set up PPP ?</h4></div></div></div><p>Open a terminal shell and type,</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> <span class="emphasis"><em>sudo pppconfig</em></span> t It asks a few questions like provider, username, password, and phone number that you use to call your ISP. It will also scan for serial devices. @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ </li><li> To disconnect - <span class="emphasis"><em>poff -a</em></span> </li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="InstallingMorphix"></a>Installing Morphix</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="InstallApt"></a>Getting Apt-Get Working - Post Install</h4></div></div></div><p>Apt - is an advanced package management tool. With out repeating what already available on the web, a brief read of on of these websites should help</p><pre class="literallayout">http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=apt+primer[] -http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=introduction+to+apt[]</pre><p>The Morphix liveCD are normally built on a computer with access to a local Debian repository, most <span class="emphasis"><em>normal</em></span> users will not have a local repository, so we need to change the source list for apt to look at the central Debian repository.</p><p>Open up a terminal windows and become super-user (root)</p><pre class="literallayout">su</pre><p>Run <span class="emphasis"><em>nano</em></span> a text editor</p><pre class="literallayout">nano /etc/apt/sources.list</pre><p>Before the line beginning; (something like)</p><pre class="literallayout">deb ftp://127.0.0.... [truncated message content] |
