I like to have a customized version of slitaz livecd that has decent web fonts installed, flash installed, smbfs installed (so can read and write from windows shares or my freenas box), a single windows-like bar on the bottom only, and removal of the 8 second boot delay for the slitaz menu. I use virtualbox to get things the way i like, and it allows me to test the resulting iso without burning a bunch of test cds.
This is just a quick post to share with others interested in doing something similar:
1) install virtualbox
2) create new vdi (click on new, go through the wizard)
- 256MB ram (512 is better if you can), 2GB dynamicexpanding harddrive (tried smaller and my iso's failed to boot - see below)
3) mount slitaz4.iso
settings, storage, click on cd under idecontroller, under attributes rightclick icon far right, choose..., select slitaz4.iso, ok
4) start your virtualbox (click start icon)
5) boot up, choose your language and keyboard (you won't have to deal with this once you create your custom iso - yay)
6) install slitaz onto your virtual hard drive
a) use systools/gparted to
- create a partiton table on virtual hd
- create a 1GB parttion on the virtual hd (ext3)
(note only used 1GB but can expand to 2GB later if desired, I originally tried with 500MB and my created isos would not boot, slitaz's tazlito tool has very poor error recovery it seems - this may also have been related to my not applying updates which i did subsequently and will do below, didnt verify so YMMV)
- run sysutils/pkgmgr
- search for and install updates (yes i know you are on the cd at the moment but there are updates for the tools to install onto the harddrive so might as well play it safe)
-install onto hd
sysutils/slitazpanel root root
install/install slitaz
skip gparted since already done, click continue
uncheck format partition since already done with gparted above
leave defaults (root,root, tux,<blankpasswd>) but check install grub
click proceed
x out
power down rather than reboot (need to manually eject cd frm virtualbox)
after powered down, settings/storage/click-cd-onleft/click-cd-icononright-removedisk ok
hit start button
If all goes well you now have a slitaz image you can customize and generate isos from. Go have a beer and come back and see the following posts for what you might want to do next.