Knoppix 6.2.1 remastering failed several times

You will get "not found" from an ELF executable if the run-time loader that it was built to use does not exist. This could be what's happening. Check what is the loader used by /bin/mount on your Knoppix image. Examplke below - run-time (dynamic) loader is /lib/ld_linux.so.2
Verify the loader used by the Knoppix /bin/mount is on the Knoppix CD.

20:36:56$ cat -A /bin/mount|head -1
^?ELF^A^A^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^B^@^C^@^A^@^@^@M-pM-^]^D^H4^@^@^@lM-]^@^@^@^@^@^@4^@ ^@^G^@(^@^Z^@^Y^@^F^@^@^@4^@^@^@4M-^@^D^H4M-^@^D^HM-`^@^@^@M-`^@^@^@^E^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^C^@^@^@^T^A^@^@^TM-^A^D^H^TM-^A^D^H^S^@^@^@^S^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^A^@^@^@^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@M-^@^D^H^@M-^@^D^HM-^DM-V^@^@M-^DM-V^@^@^E^@^@^@^@^P^@^@^A^@^@^@M-^DM-V^@^@M-^Df^E^HM-^Df^E^HM-^P^E^@^@M-l^V^@^@^F^@^@^@^@^P^@^@^B^@^@^@M-^XM-V^@^@M-^Xf^E^HM-^Xf^E^HM-X^@^@^@M-X^@^@^@^F^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^D^@^@^@(^A^@^@(M-^A^D^H(M-^A^D^H ^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^D^@^@^@QM-etd^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^F^@^@^@^D^@^@^@/lib/ld-linux.so.2^@^@^D^@^@^@^P^@^@^@^A^@^@^@GNU^@^@^@^@^@^B^@^@^@^F^@^@^@^R^@^@^@a^@^@^@{^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^S^@^@^@9^@^@^@p^@^@^@^@^@^@^@I^@^@^@^@^@^@^@:^@^@^@u^@^@^@X^@^@^@^O^@^@^@-^@^@^@v^@^@^@]^@^@^@^_^@^@^@e^@^@^@w^@^@^@z^@^@^@_^@^@^@r^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@s^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@B^@^@^@<^@^@^@j^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@t^@^@^@E^@^@^@^N^@^@^@^@^@^@^@8^@^@^@y^@^@^@x^@^@^@^R^@^@^@^@^@^@^@A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@7^@^@^@^@^@^@^@[^@^@^@l^@^@^@W^@^@^@^@^@^@^@a^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^T^@^@^@q^@^@^@`^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^M^@^@^@^P^@^@^@U^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^U^@^@^@V^@^@^@D^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@c^@^@^@,^@^@^@(^@^@^@R^@^@^@P^@^@^@T^@^@^@@^@^@^@M^@^@^@^@^@^@^@0^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@/^@^@^@h^@^@^@^@^@^@^@?^@^@^@ ^@^@^@k^@^@^@^W^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^\^@^@^@*^@^@^@g^@^@^@J^@^@^@K^@^@^@d^@^@^@^^@^@^@m^@^@^@3^@^@^@>^@^@^@b^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^L^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^H^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@$

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root@MicroKnoppix:/# cat -A /bin/mount|head -1

^?ELF^A^A^A^@^@^@...../lib/ld-linux.so.2....etc

That's your mount. What about the one on the mastered CD?
cd into the source tree: cd /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX; cat -A mount|head -1. Make sure the indicated loader is in the tree

Before to give your command should I give these commands ?

mount --bind /dev /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX/dev

mount --bind /proc /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX/proc

mount --bind /sys /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX/sys

chroot /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX

if I don't,this is the output :

root@Microknoppix:/# cd /mnt/sda4/knx/source/KNOPPIX; cat -A mount|head -1
cat: mount: no such file or directory

I have the same result if I give the commands I told to you.

and then what it means ? How Can I fix this error ?

What I need from Knoppix is that it can be loaded totally in RAM and I can eject the CDROM. Do you know any other kind of linux distro that has the feature I need ?

I thought most live CD distributions worked that way - or do you find Knoppix doesn't? Can't you eject it? Otherwise you might want to look at building up from a bare VM to whatever you want, rather than cutting down a very full distribution.
Have you resolved your problem with the remastering process? I would advise to concentrate on that.

Most live CD distribution don't leave you eject the cdrom. You can do it anyway,by giving these commands :

$sudo umount -l /cdrom
$sudo eject /mnt/cdrom

but then they stop to working correctly. I'm trying to do a remastering very carefully from the beginning using VMWare doing the checks you said.

Sounds good. I read somewhere that if you give root a password, you can use the account and stop having to mess with sudo all the time - hope that's a help.

Here is how I tried to make the remastering of Knoppix 6.2.1 on VMWARE :

fdisk -l

disk /dev/sda = 8.5 GB

/dev/sda1 6.3 GB Linux
/dev/sda2 2.2 GB Linux

mkdir /mnt/sda1/knx

mkdir -p /mnt/sda1/knx/master/KNOPPIX

mkdir -p /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX

cp -Rp /KNOPPIX/* /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX

cp -ar /mnt-system/boot /mnt/sda1/knx/master/boot

cp -ar /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/modules /mnt/sda1/knx/master/KNOPPIX/.

cp /mnt-system/index.html /mnt/sda1/knx/master/

cd /mnt-system && find . -size -10000k -type f -exec cp -p --parents '{}' /mnt/sda1/knx/master/ \;

mount --bind /dev /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/dev

mount --bind /proc /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/proc

mount --bind /sys /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/sys

chroot /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX

nano /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

cd /mnt
mkdir usbkey
mount -t auto /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbkey
cd /mnt/usbkey
cp script /usr/sbin
 
umount /mnt/usbkey
rm -r usbkey
umount /proc
exit

rm -rf /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/.rr_moved

mkisofs -R -U -V "Knoppix" -publisher "Knoppix" -hide-rr-moved -cache-inodes -no-bak -pad /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX | nice -5 /usr/bin/create_compressed_fs - 65536 > /mnt/sda1/knx/master/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX

genisoimage : File '/mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2/id/bustype' did shrink. Files must not be changed while genisoimage runs!

cd /mnt/sda1/knx/source/KNOPPIX/ umount sys

done again the previous step,this time without errors

total translation table size: 0
total rockridge attributes bytes : 9816967
total directory bytes : 28773184
path table size (bytes) : 144346
max brk space used : 4c2f000
969150 extends written (1892 MB)

and then :

cd /mnt/sda1/knx/master
find -type f -not -name sha1sums -not -name boot.cat -not -name isolinux.bin \-exec sha1sum '{}' \; > KNOPPIX/sha1sums

mkisofs -pad -l -r -J -v -V "KNOPPIX" -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o /mnt/sda1/knx/knoppix.iso  /mnt/sda1/knx/master

total translation table size : 2048
total rockridge attributes bytes : 3835
total directory bytes : 11356
path table size (bytes) : 70
done with : the files              blocks 368367
writing : ending padblock          start block : 368408
done with : ending padblock        blocks 150
max brk space used 1a000
368558 extends written (719 MB)

booted Knoppix.iso image with VMWare using these parameters :

knoppix 2 toram lang=it ;

error :

insmod : can't open '/mnt-system/KNOPPIX/modules/cloop.ko' : no such file or directory.

Looks to me like a failure in the script obeyed in he initrd. Can you check that?
Is the toram argument standard or your addition?

Looks to me like a failure in the script obeyed in he initrd,can you check that ? yes,how ?
the toram argument is a standard cheat code. Without it,it boots correctly,I've checked right now.

I am downloading Knoppix 6.2 so I can investigate this further.
I can't find cloop in any of my Linux sources - bit of a mystery that.

In the meantime, does toram work with Knoppix as received?

I found what's the problem : media corrupted. Sometimes Knoppix is not able to read correctly the content of a media and it returns with strange error messages. This is because I've used rewritables cd/rom and after a lot of rewrites they become corrupted. Anyway Knoppix seems to have a very sensible mechanism of hardware detection.

We have worked so hard to find the solution and the problem was the media easily corruptible,what a mockery !