sudo apt-get install squashfs-tools mkisofs qemu -- wget ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso sudo mount download/iso/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt/ -o loop mkdir ~/live cd ~/live mkdir extract-cd #rsync --exclude=/casper/filesystem.squashfs -a mnt/ extract-cd mkdir squashfs sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop /mnt/casper/filesystem.squashfs squashfs mkdir edit sudo cp -a squashfs/* edit/ sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf edit/etc/ sudo cp /etc/hosts edit/etc/ sudo mount --bind /dev/ edit/dev sudo mount --bind /dev/ edit/dev sudo chroot edit mount -t proc none /proc mount -t sysfs none /sys export HOME=/root export LC_ALL=C # get free isze dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Installed-Size} ${Package}\n' | sort -nr | less apt-get remove --purge openoffice* evolution* ubuntu-docs gnome-games-data gimp* add universe, multiuniverse to install apps apt-get clean rm -rf /tmp/* rm /etc/resolv.conf umount /proc umount /sys exit sudo umount edit/dev