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Ozitraveller

#! Junkie

From: Less is More!

Registered: 2011-04-26

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DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

sudo apt-get install live-build

Last edited by Ozitraveller (2015-07-21 23:37:32)

tknomanzr

#! Die Hard

From: Heavener, OK

Registered: 2014-12-09

Posts: 777

Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

Bookmarked so I can give it a look over.

iMBeCil

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

Registered: 2012-03-22

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Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

@ozi: thank you very much for this. I have always wanted to study making a live iso, and even started to read documentation, but your 'how-to' will certainly shorten the time I have to read docs significantly. Once more: thank you very much!

pvsage

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Registered: 2009-10-18

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Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

^ +1  There's so much cruft in the Live Build Manual that it's hard to see the trees for the forest there.

Ozitraveller

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From: Less is More!

Registered: 2011-04-26

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Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

Morning All! Well it's early morning here!

This is exactly the problem I had when I started looking at live-build, I couldn't find any decent working examples. Most of what I found in searching was either out of date or only fragments.

I gave an early version to a friend to try and he has moved on to customising it to his own liking now.

This is what works for me, I like to keep it simple.

I have done localepurge and also minimised the manpages to give me more space for drivers and to keep the image to around 600mb.

tknomanzr

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From: Heavener, OK

Registered: 2014-12-09

Posts: 777

Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

I found the manpages for lb config to be the best source of info. I used the manual some and it certainly helped to get me up to speed on the whole process, but given there is only 3 commands to the whole system, lb config is where 90% of the magic happens.

Ozitraveller

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From: Less is More!

Registered: 2011-04-26

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Re: DIY Distro - Debian Live-Build

live-boot.7.txt is also very useful if you used --bootappend-live in lb config.

I'm uploading an iso atm that I built using this process this morning.

Upload complete see the link above at the end of the post #1

Last edited by Ozitraveller (2015-06-25 02:48:18)