HOWTOs

"This procedure works and can create an ugly, but bootable Ubuntu live cd (along with the hardware autodetection and configuration) from scratch. You do not need to start from an already-made live cd.

You may wish to create an Ubuntu remix and distribute it as a live cd. Here is a way to do that without having to start from an existing Ubuntu Desktop cd."

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCu...

"I needed to turn an old PC into a cheap, dedicated, browser appliance. The cleanest choice is a Linux/Firefox boot-from-CD; the hardware demands are minimal, and it is impossible for users to make any permanent changes.

After a little research, I decided to go with SLAX. SLAX is a small and beautiful Linux operating system which fits on and runs directly from a CD-ROM disc (or USB key, or hard disk). It's ideal for my purposes, because it's small, popular (i.e. current), easily customized, and auto-detects hardware and DHCP.

* SLAX Popcorn Edition (PE) v 5.1.8 is a preconfigured pocket operating system which fits even 128MB USB Flash Drives. It contains only XFce desktop, Mozilla Firefox, beep-XMMS, Gaim, AbiWord.

With the addition of Firefox 2, a Firefox kiosk mode extension module, and a little fiddling with xinitrc, I was able to create a small, clean kiosk boot CD that works on practically any PC without modifying the hard disk."

http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/HowTo:...

"It is possible to have Ubuntu or Kubuntu on a USB pendrive or USB hard disk drive with persistent mode. This means that you can boot from a USB pendrive and keep customisations such as keyboard layout, numlock, preferences, additional packages saved on the pendrive. This can be done using linux or windows. You will need a USB pendrive of 1 GB or more. This page is written after having tested the instructions on a Peak III 1 GB pendrive. The preparation of the pendrive is explained using 'fdisk' because I had errors with 'gparted' and i could not give the partitions a volume name. I used Ubuntu to make the pendrive. In Kubuntu it is more or less the same. Where you see 'ubuntu' replace it by 'kubuntu'. I will mark the other differences."

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePer...

"Creating a Live USB

I have tried this on a 1GB transcend USB device and dont guarantee the same document will work on any other USB/MP3 devices."

http://bosslinux.in/documentation/develope...

"The Linux initial RAM disk (initrd) is a temporary root file system that is mounted during system boot to support the two-state boot process. The initrd contains various executables and drivers that permit the real root file system to be mounted, after which the initrd RAM disk is unmounted and its memory freed. In many embedded Linux systems, the initrd is the final root file system. This article explores the initial RAM disk for Linux 2.6, including its creation and use in the Linux kernel.

Learn about its anatomy, creation, and use in the Linux boot process"

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linu...

"The following tutorial will show you how to install Knoppix 5.1.1 to a USB flash pen drive. It is also possible to use the persistent feature after completing this tutorial allowing you to save changes back to the stick. Knoppix is a fully featured Linux distribution based on Debain."

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/20/in...

"A step-by-step guide to creating custom Live CDs based on Fedora Linux"

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/...

folowing an previous guide on creating an firebird/flamerobin livecd for dapper drake (6.06) i created a new guide for the new ubuntu release code named feisty fawn (7.04)
You can download the final live cd from this page

http://flamerobin.blogspot.com/2007/09/cre...

"The build system only needs four things:

* the most recent live-helper package
* posix compliant shell, like bash or dash.
* linux-2.6
* cdebootstrap or debootstrap

Every distribution fulfilling these requirements is sufficient as a build host."

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Building...

"Here is a complete session of Debian Live for creating a "multimedia" debian live custom cd with a single command and a very very very simple configuration file."

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/IS...