Creating a Custom Ubuntu LiveCD
"I have been struggling the last few days to make a custom LiveCD [...]. It has been a daunting & frustrating process, but eventually (with lots of googling & especially help from very skilled people (Colin Watson & Ben Collins, to name but a few) I made it happen...
To keep others from trying this hard, I documented the process here (note: most this steps usually need a bit of tinkering till they work right, but if you are up for the whole process, then I bet you'll get them right on your machine):
A slightly easier approach (I found this out recently):"