[HOWTO] Understanding Module Creation: Two Case Studies

[Ahau]

This tutorial has been moved to the main site, please go here: http://porteus.org/info/docs/36-modules ... udies.html
to view it. Feel free to continue discussing it and asking questions about it here.

[82issa]

I take advantage of Always Fresh mode, so my filesystem never gets cluttered.

I am not sure if you have this in the tips and tricks. This is a fantastic idea, I don't know why I haven't thought of doing this.

Another note. The mloop instruction works just fine for mounting an xzm to specified directory. I have writen up a script that
I believe Fathom Is adding to next release which is "lsxzm". It list the contents of an xzm without extracting or mounting. In
all I think this is a wonderful start to a tough subject mater.

The info on the lsxzm script is under this post.
http://www.porteus.org/forum/viewtopic. ... f3de#p3522

[Ahau]

Thank you very much, 82issa!

I've added your lsxzm tool to the doc (I look forward to using it in the next RC or Final)

I've also added a paragraph about booting fresh to the Tips and Tricks doc, good call!

Posted after 1 day 11 hours 31 minute 3 seconds:
Updated draft to include some minor typos; I also retooled it to use a clean workspace instead of doing things on the desktop and in /var/slackyd. I'm just a messy slut, but I guess I shouldn't train others into my bad habits

[brokenman]

I guess the tool may be useful for some. Personally i've always just used unsquashfs -l which seems just as simple. A slight correction though ... this command does unpack a module although not to disk file space. AFAIAK there is no way to look inside an archive without opening it.