using backtrack 5 as a live usb is a pain for me. first i have boot into safe mode to install nvidia drivers, then update the apps EVERY TIME I BOOT
I'd like to remaster this thing. I installed it onto a usb drive, made all the changes and tried remastersys.
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
the new live distro i made wouldnt give me root
Boots into command line with
postgres@postgres$
I used to be root#
What happened?
tried login root and got
Cannot possibly login as root without user
So, I asked the author of remastersys what's up and he said:
The backtrack folks must do something different than ubuntu. When you remaster, you are remastering like ubuntu and it appears the backtrack devs do something different.
The ubuntu live scripts called casper basically disable the root account during live boot.
If you can find out from the backtrack folks what they have done differently I might be able to do something about it.
I am befuddled. Ran remastersys and tried changing these options:
user=/root
still results in booting into 'postgres@postgres'
user=root
still results in booting into 'postgres@postgres' but now there is a root folder inside the home folder
the folder exclusion option works well. just be sure to empty the trash before beginning a backup because that can really swell the iso
Any suggestions on remastering a live distro easily ?
I'd like to remaster this thing. I installed it onto a usb drive, made all the changes and tried remastersys.
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
the new live distro i made wouldnt give me root
Boots into command line with
postgres@postgres$
I used to be root#
What happened?
tried login root and got
Cannot possibly login as root without user
So, I asked the author of remastersys what's up and he said:
The backtrack folks must do something different than ubuntu. When you remaster, you are remastering like ubuntu and it appears the backtrack devs do something different.
The ubuntu live scripts called casper basically disable the root account during live boot.
If you can find out from the backtrack folks what they have done differently I might be able to do something about it.
I am befuddled. Ran remastersys and tried changing these options:
user=/root
still results in booting into 'postgres@postgres'
user=root
still results in booting into 'postgres@postgres' but now there is a root folder inside the home folder
the folder exclusion option works well. just be sure to empty the trash before beginning a backup because that can really swell the iso
Any suggestions on remastering a live distro easily ?
