Remastering KOPPIX...

...here is the info
does not say about inserting packages and so on . I suppose that would have to be with chroot (ie chroot /Knoppix) and then some dpkg, apt-get's or similar.

Find Directory a prog is called from, even if $PATH is not set

...the solution
if progpath=$(which $0 2> /dev/null)
then
prog_path=$(dirname $progpath)
else

path=$(dirname $0)
cd $path
prog_path=$PWD
fi

Next Up...

To Do
How to determine the directory of a running prog, if it is not in $PATH.

Damnsmallinux

..is a damn' good distro !
Starting to work with "DSL", as they call it, for the restore-sys, and it looks jolly good. Now it's just the remastring, which I am avoiding by blogging. Well, let's get to work !
Check it out here!

Next Up...

Do this next
Boot Damnsmalllinux, remaster it to restore.

How long can a download last ?

and the thing is called damnsmalllinux
...pah !

Sh... Day for work

...I seem to be the only one working
OK, meanwhile back at the ranch, I downloaded KNOPPIX to solve the Problem. Looks Promising, but let's see...

LinuxRC -SuSE

The SUSE install System is not qite standard. I now implemented
another linuxrc. Maybe that works. This is giving me a headache.

Next up...

1. Fix the install system, so it runs the restore script.
2. Fix up the restore script
3. Run it again and again until it works

Achieved so far in the INSTANT BACKUP QUEST

Work Journal
1. System gets backed up
2. Iso's are bootable
3. Iso's can be roasted ok
4. Are then still bootable
5. All neccesary metadata is there

Just when starts to get funny....

..I have to go start the X-MAs proceedings
Ok, brief summary, so thing can be picked up, hopefully on Monday...
1. The backup seems to be working ok.
2. the restore script does not load from the install system...
Options: 1. load it from linuxrc directly, why not...
2. get SuSE linuxrc to mount the stuff correctly
What else ? Hmmm.... I hope I can get into it again on Monday...
Merry Xmas to all

The Latest

Ok, now the backup seems to be working...
Just downloading VMWARE Beta 5 ...heehee.
That will be fun. Ideal for testing my INSTANT RECOVERY CD

A Test to see BLOG working

Just spent 30 Mins...
...to get the Blog working. Let's see now...

Identify Device We Booted from ?

Work Journal
Do we do this with rdev ?