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Following these steps, literally, step by step, from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch I have get to mount /proc and then receive: root@Colin-PC:/# mount /proc warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory mount: can't find /proc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@Colin-PC:/# mount /sys warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory mount: can't find /sys in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

The next command succeeds. On I go. I have made it successfully to the section, "Graphical installer, optional step" I will proceed with this step as I see potential value in this feature. Upon apt-get install ubiquity-frontend-gtk, after package installation, I was prompted for "Linux command line" for configuring grub-pc. I haven't the faintest clue what to put here. Leaving it blank. The next screen for grub-pc prompts for kernel parameters, two are given. quiet and splash. Makes sense. I'd imagine what I left blank was expecting kernel /boot/vmlinuz-kernelversion or something of the like. About to find out Dpkg output: Setting up ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork (1.99.22) ... Setting up ubiquity-casper (1.194) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubiquity:

• ubiquity depends on console-setup (>= 1.34ubuntu2); however:

  • Package console-setup is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing ubiquity (--configure):

• dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

• dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubiquity-frontend-gtk:

• ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on ubiquity (= 1.99.22); however:
  • Package ubiquity is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing ubiquity-frontend-gtk (--configure):

• dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Setting up xfonts-encodings (1:1.0.2-3) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

• Setting up xfonts-utils (1:7.4+1ubuntu1) ...

Setting up x-ttcidfont-conf (32) ... Updating font configuration of x-ttcidfont-conf... Cleaning up category cmap.. Cleaning up category cid.. Cleaning up category truetype.. Updating category truetype.. Updating category cid.. Updating category cmap..

Setting up gnome-system-tools (2.28.0-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up grub-common (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu5) ... Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu5) ...

Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version

Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing:

• console-setup ubiquity ubiquity-frontend-gtk

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Not good. Will continue on and see what happens. I will redo the squashfs and skip this step if it's broken.

I have been using Linux since I was in the 7th grade. I took Linux up seriously in my high school years at Yorktown High School's Computer Science class, taught by JeffreyElkner.

I first heard of Ubuntu in January of 2005. I have since installed Ubuntu on all my boxes. I attended Ubuntu Down Under in Sydney, Australia.

I will participate on Ubuntu's DCTeam and actively help to pioneer the creation of Edubuntu.

Documentation on making a modified version of Sugar on a Stick per Jeff Elkner's specifications:

First, download Sugar on a Stick from: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick#Download_locations

Mount the ISO readwrite by creating a new directory, eg, /home/colin/newiso, then sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 /home/colin/Desktop/soas-strawberry.iso /home/colin/newiso You now have readwrite access to that ISO image and can modify it as you please.

Creating a Live USB Customized Ubuntu 9.04 stick:

Acquire boot.img.gz from: http://colin.isa-geek.net:8081/boot.img.gz This contains the initial VFAT filesystem with the kernel, initrd, etc, syslinux, etc. All essential to the boot process.

Plug in your usb drive

Unmount the usb drive: type umount /dev/sxx1 (or whatever device your pen drive is).

say you downloaded boot.img.gz to /home/jeff/Downloads, perform cd /home/jeff/Downloads

MAKE THE VFAT FILESYSTEM FIRST on /dev/sxx1 or you will be limited to 782M (as if you typed mkfs.vfat /dev/sxx) as that is the partition table setup of boot.img.gz

Type sudo zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sxx1 (this will extract the contents of boot.img.gz onto the usb stick), enabling you to boot off the USB drive.

If you get a permission denied message when you try this, type: sudo chmod 666 /dev/sxx1 and then type sudo zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sxx1 (that should remedy the problem.)

Unplug and plug USB drive back in. This will cause usb stick to mount automatically. If not, mount it manually, via sudo mount /dev/sxx1 /mountpoint

Now, we have a USB drive formatted as VFAT, we need to copy the root filesystem recursively with the flags -R and -L for cp to ensure proper duplication of the filesystem of the modified Ubuntu distribution. I highly recommend using VirtualBox to create the modified Ubuntu distribution as that provides you with a clean Ubuntu 9.04 install or using a small 20gb partition that you can triple boot to for a clean workspace. Therefore, you can modify the distribution as you wish without any additional bloatware that you do not want.

I have found that after you sudo zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sxx1 the partition size is only 782M! That's not nearly enough for the whole Ubuntu filesystem to fit! So instead, I wiped /dev/sxx and used mkfs.vfat on /dev/sxx1 to ensure full usage of the space available and re-ran sudo zcat boot.img.gz Then I performed cp -R -L /copy(the root filesystem) /chroot/(the usb drive)

To best accomplish copying the root filesystem of your converted .vdi (expand) is to mount the .raw image via loopback then chroot into that environment. Example:

Reboot using usb and enjoy!

Now this is how to create a bootable USB image of Ubuntu 9.04. BUT. We want to modify the contents of the ISO image to include GASP, GASP games and geany.