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diff --git a/docs/AUTHORS b/docs/AUTHORS index 1d63e4742..3cc45330d 100644 --- a/docs/AUTHORS +++ b/docs/AUTHORS @@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ Main Contributors: * Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> * Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> - * Richard Nelson <unixabg@gmail.com> diff --git a/docs/CREDITS b/docs/CREDITS index e38e2ee9c..4d89790f4 100644 --- a/docs/CREDITS +++ b/docs/CREDITS @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ Donations (alphabetical order): Special thanks (alphabetical order): - * Ben Armstrong <synrg@debian.org> for his IRC support and tremendous work on - documentation. + * Ben Armstrong <synrg@debian.org> for his IRC support. * Jason D. Clinton <me@jasonclinton.com> for his work on netboot type. * Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> for his QA patches. * Richard Nelson <rjent@rjent.pair.com> for live-webhelper. diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7be46df8b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) +================================ + +Build Time +---------- + +Q: Is live-helper/make-live Debian specific? +A: live-helper supports Debian and Ubuntu right now. Adding automatic defaults + for other Debian derivatives is easy - let us know about them and we may + include it. + + +Q: How can I build images with an unprivileged user account? +A: You can use --root-command sudo or set LH_ROOT_COMMAND="sudo" in + config/common. + + *BIG* *FAT* *WARNING*: Building an image as non-root can make your image + different compared to a regular Debian system (different owners of files). It + is *NOT* recommended to build images as non-root. Do *NOT* use this feature + yet. + + +Q: How do I drop in to a shell during make-live chroot process? +A: Use "--interactive shell", then exit with 'logout' when you have made the + setting changes you want and the build process will continue. + + +Q: Where to set the username or the hostname? +A: casper uses default username 'casper' and hostname 'live'. You can specify + them by passing 'username=' and 'hostname=' as kernel parameters. + + live-helper automatically sets the username to 'user' and the hostname to + 'debian'. If you want to change this at build time, pass --username and + --hostname to make-live, or alter LIVE_USERNAME and LIVE_HOSTNAME in + config/image. + + +Q: How can I make my own grub bootsplash? +A: To add a grub splash screen, you can use --grub-splash FILE, or copy your + custom splash to config/binary_grub/splash.xpm.gz. + + Documentation about creating a bootsplash for grub can be found at: + <http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/> + + +Q: How can I make my own syslinux bootsplash? +A: To add a syslinux splash screen, you can use --syslinux-splash FILE, or copy + your custom splash to config/binary_syslinux/splash.rle. + + Documentation about creating a bootsplash for grub can be found at: + <http://www.sweb.cz/Frantisek.Rysanek/splash/isolinux-splash-HOWTO.html> + contrib/syslinux-splash/COPYING in the live-helper sources. + + Basically, you need to install netpbm and syslinux, and run this: + anytopnm < $your_splash > $your_splash.pnm + pnmcolormap 15 < $your_splash.pnm > $your_splash.map + pnmremap -map=$your_splash.map $your_splash.pnm | \ + ppmtolss16 '#ffffff=7' > splash.rle + + +Run Time +-------- + +Q: What is the root password? +A: There is none set. You can switch to root with 'sudo -i' or set a password + with 'sudo passwd'. + + +Q: What is the user password? +A: The password for the default user is 'live'. |