[Fedora-livecd-list] FC6 livecd made to demonstrate SystemTap

[William Cohen]

William Cohen wrote:
> After some experimentation I found that "--exclude-package=kernel" 
> allowed me to work around the problem. I was able to make a live CD that 
> included systemtap on it using the following command:
> 
>  livecd-creator 
> --repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ 
> --repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/ 
> --repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/ 
> --repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/ 
> --repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/ 
> --repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/ 
> --package=fedora-livecd-gnome --package=kernel-debuginfo 
> --package=kernel-devel --exclude-package=kernel --package=systemtap 
> --fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap5  >& livecd-stap5.log &
> 
> It looks like something in livecd-creator is thinking that it needs to 
> pull in the other older kernel rpm in the updates.
> 
> -Will
> 

If anyone is interested, an example CD made to play with SystemTap is available at:

ftp://sourceware.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/livecds/Fedora-6-systemtap-20070302.iso

-Will