This directory is used to build a USB key containing a Kubuntu 8.04 LiveCD
with persistent OS files and persistent /home files.
+You will need to run as root for most things ...
+
+Start by editing the "config" file. Be sure to get your USB_DEV
+definition correct. The scripts you need to partition the key and
+to write the boot image to it are all in this (usb) directory.
+
+After editing the config file, run:
+
+ ./partition_usb_key
+
+Note, this script will destroy *all* data on the key, and assumes
+that you have a 3GB or bigger key. It may work for a 2GB key,
+but you might want to reduce the size of the second partition.
+
+====
+If you ever want to put the key back to its prior state, *before*
+running the partition_usb_key, you might consider doing a:
+
+ sfdisk -d /dev/key-device >save_me
+
+where key-device is the key device name (e.g. sda). The
+output file can be fed back into sfdisk to recreate the original
+with:
+
+ sfdisk /dev/key-device <save_me
+====
+
+The partition_usb_key script creates three partitions:
+
+ 1. kubuntu8 -- USB boot partition containing the OS
+ 2. casper-rw -- A writable ext3 partition for saving OS changes
+ 3. home-rw -- A writable ext3 partition for saving /home
+
+When the key is booted, assuming you choose the first option
+(LiveCD), you will be running as user "ubuntu" the password is
+"bacula", and you will be in /home/ubuntu.
+
+The next step is to get a copy of kubuntu8.tar.gz, which is the
+USB boot image. Currently, it can be downloaded from:
+
+ www.bacula.org/downloads/kubuntu8.tar.gz
+
+or from:
+
+ www.sibbald.com/download/kubuntu8.tar.gz
+
+I recommend that you download it into the rescue/linux/usb directory.
+
+Finally, mount your USB key and detar the kubuntu8.tar.gz image
+into the first partition. Do this with:
+
+ ./write_usb_boot_partition
+
+You should now have a USB stick that can be booted providing the
+machine permits booting from the USB port -- this can be adjusted
+by modifying the BIOS boot sequence. On Dell machines, you can
+enter the BIOS setup by pressing F2 just after power on.
+
+Alternatively, most machines let you boot from an alternate device.
+For example if you press F11 while a Sony Viao is powering up, it
+will boot from the USB port.
+
+On Dell machines during power on, if you press F12, you will be
+able to select any boot device (one time only) other than the one
+that is the default (normally the CDROM or HDD).
+
+
+====
+
+The directory "remaster" contains the scripts that allow picking
+apart a Kubuntu Hardy ISO and then updating and recombining the
+parts into a USB boot image. The information below is somewhat
+low level and should not be needed unless you want to do your
+own remastering either starting from the Kubuntu release or from
+the Bacula remastered release.
+
Note, the sqfs.tar.gz is the whole squashfs unsquashed.
The kernel image (vmlinuz) is a copy of the most recent kernel i.e.
casper-rw is used to store changed OS files, and home-rw is the
home directory.
-
Bugs with Kubuntu boot process:
1. The initrd.gz image must be opened, fixed and the repacked.
2. The fix involves removing the ,mode=755 from the mount line for
projects / bacula / rescue / blobdiff