Spiceworks: How to Create a Webconverger Boot CD with Modified Proxy and Homepage Changes 03/ 21/ 2013 Not e: Webconver ger has under gone many changes i n t he past f ew r el eases. These di r ect i ons wer e updat ed t o wor k wi t h ver si on 18. They may need t o be modi f i ed t o wor k wi t h ot her r el eases. Al so, begi nni ng wi t h Ubunt u 12. 04, PAE/ NX suppor t i s expect ed t o be enabl ed f or Ubunt u and t her ef or e f or 1 Webconver ger t o wor k. 1. Downl oad t he l at est . i so ver si on of Webconver ger . 2. Make a backup copy of t he . i so f i l e t o r ev er t back t o i f needed. 3. Use Ul t r aI SO t o open t he Webconver ger I SO f i l e by choosi ng Fi l e, Open, sel ect t he new I SO f i l e, i . e. webc 18. 0. i s o. Cl i ck “ Cont i nue t o Tr y. . . ” . 4. I n Ul t r aI SO, navi gat e t o and hi ghl i ght t he boot \ l i ve. cf g f i l e i n t he upper r i ght wi ndow. 5. I n t he t op “ I mage” sect i on, pr ess t he “ Ext r act ” but t on. Thi s wi l l copy i t i nt o t he l ower “ Local ” s ect i on. 6. I n t he l ower sect i on, r i ght cl i ck on t he l i v e. cf g f i l e t o and sel ect vi ew t o edi t t he f i l e. 7. Remove unnecessar y por t i ons of t he f i l e, i . e. l anguages and i nst al l menus. 8. The f i l e shoul d l ook somet hi ng l i ke t hi s, on one cont i nuous l i ne wi t h boxes i n i t . The cont ent s of t he f i l e ar e bel ow: How can I i nst al l 12. 04 on a non PAE CPU? ( er r or “ Ker nel r equi r es f eat ur es not pr esent on t he CPU: PAE” ) 1 ht t p: / / askubunt u. com/ quest i ons/ 117744/ how can i i nst al l 12 04 on a non pae cpu er r or ker nel r equi r es f eat ur es not p label live686pae menu label 686pae: Live kernel /live/vmlinuz2 append initrd=/live/initrd2.img boot=live skipconfig vga=771 video=vesa nomodeset splash quiet bootfrom=removable http_proxy=http://proxy.example.com:3128 homepage=http://www.abcnews.com%20http://www.cnn.com%20http://www.foxnews.com noescape webfullscreen Not e 1: Googl e Dr i ve does a hor r i bl e j ob of di spl ayi ng t hi s f i l e. Not e 2: I have r emoved t he l anguages and i nst al l menus f r om t he l i ve. cf g f i l e. Not e 3: I st ar t ed addi ng noescape and chr ome=webf ul l scr een on 03/ 12/ 2013. Not e 4: Mul t i pl e homepages ( t abs) can be opened at once by j oi ni ng t he URLs t oget her wi t h %20, i . e. homepage=ht t p: / / www. abcnews. com%20ht t p: / / www. cnn. com%20ht t p: / / www. f oxnews. com Not e 5: I t can be a pai n t o edi t t hi s f i l e i n Wi ndows and get i t t o wor k cor r ect l y i n Li nux. Her e i s what t o l ook f or . I n Wi ndows Not epad, wi t h Wor d Wr ap unchecked, t he l i ve. cf g f i l e shoul d l ook l i ke one cont i nuous l i ne ( see scr een pr i nt above) . Al so, i n Wi ndows XP t her e wi l l be a box () , whi ch equat es t o a car r i age r et ur n, at cer t ai n poi nt s i n t he f i l e. You do not want any car r i age r et ur ns bet ween append t o t he end of t he homepage= ent r y. 9. Save t he updat ed l i ve. cf g f i l e. 10. I n t he l ower sect i on, pr ess t he “ Add” but t on. Sel ect “ Yes” t o r epl ace f i l e. Thi s wi l l copy t he l i ve. cf g back t o t he t op sect i on. 11. I n Ul t r aI SO sel ect Fi l e, Save As, t ype i n a uni que and di st i nct i ve name, i . e. webc v18. 0 2013 03 21. i so. Pr ess Save. 12. Af t er a s ucces sf ul save has been compl et ed, exi t Ul t r aI SO. 13. Check how Webconver ger r ecogni zes y our changed l i ve. cf g f i l e by doi ng one of t he f ol l owi ng: a. Vi ew t he I SO f i l e by br owsi ng t o \ boot t o vi ew t he l i ve. cf g f i l e. I use Li nux Mi nt t o acc ompl i sh t hi s. I t shoul d l ook l i ke t hi s: b. Pr ess t he t ab key dur i ng boot . I t s houl d l ook l i ke t hi s: 14. To pr event cr eat i ng br oken CDs t hat do not wor k pr oper l y, mount t he newl y cr eat ed I SO i n Vi r t ual Box t o ensur e i t boot s cor r ect l y and connect s t o t he I nt er net . The scr een pr i nt bel ow may hel p t o conf i gur e Vi r t ual Box. Not i ce t hat PAE/ NX i s enabl ed, Syst em > Pr ocessor t ab > Ext ended Feat ur es > Enabl e PAE/ NX. 15. Af t er a s ucces sf ul t est i n Vi r t ual Box, bur n t he new I SO t o a r ecor dabl e CD usi ng I MGBur n or Br aser o. 16. I f f or some r eason t he I SO di d not wor k pr oper l y, t ake a l ook at ht t p: / / webconver ger . or g/ , especi al l y i n t he cus t omi zat i on sect i on. The boot sect i on, ht t p: / / webconver ger . or g/ API / , i s especi al l y hel pf ul as i s ht t p: / / webconver ger . or g/ net wor k i ng/ f or net wor ki ng changes and ht t p: / / webconver ger . or g/ usb/ f or USB i nf or mat i on. You may need t o downl oad a di f f er ent bui l d. To do so, go t o ht t p: / / bui l d. webconver ger . or g/ and downl oad one of t he dai l y bui l d I SOs. Al so, you may want t o r ef er back t o how t hi ngs wer e done wi t h pr evi ous ver si ons of Web Conver ger at ht t p: / / t xt . bi t pr ocessor . be/ 2008/ 08/ 08/ hel l o wor l d/ ( 08/ 2008) . I f none of t hese hel p, you may want t o r ef er t o t hi s l i nk ht t p: / / www. br ai ndeadpr oj ect s. com/ bl og/ what / cust omi zi ng t he webconver ger ki osk t he f ast way / .
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