1LIVECD-CREATOR(8)                LiveCD Tools                LIVECD-CREATOR(8)
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NAME

6       livecd-creator - creates live CD or DVD images.
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SYNOPSIS

9       livecd-creator [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       livecd-creator creates live CD or DVD images(ISO images) from kickstart
13       files. Kickstart files contain information about packages and
14       configuration settings which are used to build the image.
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OPTIONS

17       -h, --help
18           Shows the help message and exits.
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IMAGE OPTIONS

21       These options define the created image.
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23       -c KSCFG, --config=KSCFG
24           Path to kickstart configuration file.
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26       -b BASE_ON, --base-on=BASE_ON
27           Add packages to an existing live CD iso9660 image.
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29       -f FS_LABEL, --fslabel=FS_LABEL
30           Defines the file system label. The default is based on the
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33       --compression-type=COMPRESSOR
34           Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs.  gzip is the default
35           and should work with all kernels.  lzo works with 2.6.36 and later
36           kernels.  xz works with 2.6.38 and later kernels. lzma will only
37           work with custom kernels.  If gzip is used, the -comp option is not
38           passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of older versions of
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41       --releasever=VER
42           Set the value to substitute for $releasever in kickstart repo urls
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SYSTEM DIRECTORY OPTIONS

45       These options define directories used on your system for creating the
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48       -t TMPDIR, --tmpdir=TMPDIR
49           defines the temporary directory to use. The default directory is
50           /var/tmp.
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52       --cache=CACHEDIR
53           Defines the cache directory to use (default: private cache).
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EXAMPLES

56       Barebones LiveCD
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58       livecd-creator \
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61       Fedora Desktop Live CD
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63       livecd-creator \
64       --config=/usr/share/livecd-tools/livecd-fedora-desktop.ks \
65       --fslabel=Fedora9-LiveCD-foo
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REPO EXTENSIONS

68       livecd-creator provides for some extensions to the repo commands
69       similar to what yum supports. The strings $arch, $basearch and
70       $releasever are replaced with the system arch, basearch and release
71       version respectively.  When no --releasever is passed it defaults to
72       the current system's version.  The allows the use of repo commands such
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75       repo --name=fedora
76       --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
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78       Note that in a chroot environment (like koji) the rpmdb is not
79       available, so either don't use $releasever in that case, or pass
80       --releasever=VER
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CONTRIBUTORS

83       David Zeuthen, Jeremy Katz, Douglas McClendon and a team of many other
84       contributors. See the AUTHORS file in the source distribution for the
85       complete list of credits.
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BUGS

88       Report bugs to the mailing list
89       "http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list" or directly
90       to Bugzilla "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/" against the "Fedora"
91       product, and the "livecd-tools" component.
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94       Copyright (C) Fedora Project 2008,2009, and various contributors. This
95       is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
96       the GNU General Public License "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html".
97       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

100       "livecd-iso-to-disk(1)", project website
101       "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD"
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