Debian Live CD / Knoppix Disected

Hello readers and fellow Blogsters, this blog post is the beginning of dissecting Knoppix and building custom Debian boot CD/DVD's in a Frankenstein Knoppix style.

The very first thing that is run, when you put the CD or DVD in your drive, is:

1. ISOLINUX
   
• /boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin (this binary is loaded)
• /boot/isolinux/boot.cat (El Torito Format, Transfering boot execution from BIOS to ISOLINUX)
  
• /boot/isolinux/boot.msg
• /boot/isolinux/f2
• /boot/isolinux/f3
• /boot/isolinux/german.kbd
• /boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
• /boot/isolinux/logo.16
2. Next ISOLINUX will load:
• /boot/isolinux/linux
• /boot/isolinux/minirt.gz (a compressed miniroot.gz)
  
3. Initial RAM Disk
• KNOPPIX
• bin -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/bin
• boot -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/boot
• etc -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/etc
• lib -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/lib
• opt -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/opt
• sbin -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/sbin
• usr -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/usr
• var -> /cdrom/KNOPPIX/var
• bin -> /KNOPPIX/bin
• boot -> /KNOPPIX/boot
• cdrom
• dev
• *
  
• etc
• auto.mnt
• exports
• filesystems
• fstab
• group
• init
• ld.so.conf -> /KNOPPIX/etc/ld.so.conf
• mtab
• passwd
• resolv.conf
• shadow
  
• lib -> /KNOPPIX/lib
• linuxrc
• media
• fd0
• hd
• test
  
• mnt
• modules
• *
  
• opt -> /KNOPPIX/opt
• proc
• sbin -> /static
• static
• ash
• fusermount
• init -> ash
• insmod
• ntfs-3g
• rmmod
• sh -> ash
• sys
• tmp
• usr -> /KNOPPIX/usr
4. linuxrc

Introduction

Hello,

My name is Richard Jenniss and this is my first post in this blog.
This blog will consist of various functions a system will have and how to set it up.
Wireless router, Directory server, ftp server, a Live CD, you name it.

Time to get this blog started!