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IDG Germany publishes their quarterly PC WELT LINUX magazine since early 2005. This special interest magazine exclusively deals with everything Linux and Open-Source. A big part of their success is the cover DVD that provides the latest versions of Linux distributions and live system on a bootable disk. In order to boot several systems from one DVD the distributions are customized and integrated individually with Peter Anvin's ISOLINUX. The integration process often requires changes in the distribution's Init-scripts inside the compressed Initrd. Often, things break and due to lack of documentation it usually involves a good dose of trial-by-error development. The build process is done on my root-server in Europe that provides the customer with new images whenever needed, bypassing long shipping or download times. For testing purposes we use a open-source virtualization platform and RDP to test and evaluted images and to incorporate changes even on short notice. New images are available instantly.
| Project scope: | Rebuilding a El-Torito multiboot environment with ISOLINUX |
| Project time: | ~6 weeks, recurring project |
| Tools and Techniques: | ISOLINUX, Bash Scripting |
| Role: | Linux Developer |
