Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

I know some of the posters here are much more skilled than I am at configuring Linux files and so forth. As much as I want to learn those skills, I also want to have a customized ISO I can burn to disc - and I'm not too proud to ask for help. Or to Paypal a few bucks to your favorite charity for added incentive.

My goal: A puplet customized for reading various archived data, most likely burned onto the same disc as the puplet. Data to include text, hypertext, PDFs, ebooks (eg, epubs), CBR files, music, movies. Automatically open the main documents directory, program associations set up to run the appropriate programs. A wallpaper, logo, and theme for a consistent look. Reasonably small size, to save room for archives.

If anybody here wants to help me get this set up, then let me know, here or through email (my username at gmail dot com), and we can hammer out the details.

Flash · Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 16:11 Post subject:

Do you want to remaster because you intend to install your custom Puppy in other computers, or will you be running it only from the live CD?

DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

Flash · Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 23:41 Post subject:

Okay then, if you can assume the computers will have CD or DVD drives and are permitted to boot from them, you should at least consider running Puppy from a multisession CD or DVD. Multisession is the equivalent of remastering, if you don't intend to install Puppy.

DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

Flash · Posted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 01:12 Post subject:

You can store the archived data on the same multisession disk as Puppy (DVD or Blu-Ray, multisession Puppy works on either one), but separately from Puppy. That is, after Puppy boots from the multisession disk, you then mount the same disk and use whatever program you've installed in Puppy to read the data from the disk. I've been running Puppy from multisession DVD and Blu-Ray disks for around 6 years. I'm telling you, it works like magic. Each disk can have its own Puppy on it, with the same or different programs installed.

DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

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DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

R-S-H · Joined: 18 Feb 2013 Posts: 490

Hi.

Some help to remaster the puppy could be: LazY Puppy LazY Remaster Suite. I know it works in Lucid and Three Headed Dog and there has been a Forum Member that confirmed it's working in a precise derivative - I think it was Online Puppy (Precise 542).

Hope that will help somehow...

RSH

dancytron · Joined: 18 Jul 2012 Posts: 206

Have you tried to use the regular remaster program that comes with Puppy? Seems like it would meet your needs.

When you run it, before the last steps when it makes the iso, it gives you a chance to copy any additional files to the puppylivecd directory (which then gets made into an iso file).

Or, you could have it just create the puppylivecd directory and skip making the iso file. Then add the files you want and convert it into an iso manually.

Seems the best strategy might be to give it a try and then if it doesn't work for you come back with more specific questions.

DataPacRat · Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Posts: 23 Location: Niagara, Canada

Somebody renamed the thread for me. I've already managed to take the puppylivecd directory and turn it into an ISO; what I haven't managed is to stuff the right software and configuration files into that directory to do what I want. Eg - I've searched through the forum's archives, but haven't managed to get a single CBR reader I've found mention of to work at all. I don't know if there's an ebook reader more compact than Calibre handy, and I haven't managed to get Calibre's reader to activate when an ePub file is clicked on. I haven't even started looking for where Slacko keeps its startup screen, start-menu icon, etc, to try rebranding the eventual Puplet as, say, 'PupReader 0.1'.

The big stuff is easy to figure out or find an answer for; it's all the little fiddly bits that are stymieing my efforts.

dancytron · Joined: 18 Jul 2012 Posts: 206

FBReader works great on puppy for reading epub files. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23440

I didn't even know what a CBR reader was until I looked it up, but if you search "cbr ubuntu" there are some that look like they'd run in Lucid puppy.