Create your Debian based distribution

[melodie]

Ma! I want to come see that some day! It's not allowed around here in our European countries (didn't see that in France, Italy, Switzerland, or Germany, nor did I in Spain, but perhaps in other countries ? Not sure the roads need being large and with long straight lines?)

[djohnston]

And railroad snow plows.

Best Train Snow Plow and Blower Complilation #01 JGV

[melodie]

Hi,
Thanks to all for your kind videos and explanations. I am back on this thread to provide two more trails to follow regarding Debian ISOS creation, and they are not as easy to find as the ones dedicated to Ubuntu.

Here a script:
http://jan.exss.de/debian-cd.html

here another tool which might be interesting:
http://code.google.com/p/debianiso

I also discovered that Debian 8.0 should have for name « jessie »...

PS: this one might be interesting to read, and perhaps to try as well: http://computemode.imag.fr/mediawiki/index.php/HowTo_Build_Images:_step_by_step_process

[djohnston]

Here a script:
http://jan.exss.de/debian-cd.html

That one looks interesting.

here another tool which might be interesting:
http://code.google.com/p/debianiso

That one has shell scripts in a Google svn repo. The wiki hasn't had any entries since Feb 2010.

PS: this one might be interesting to read, and perhaps to try as well: http://computemode.imag.fr/mediawiki/index.php/HowTo_Build_Images:_step_by_step_process

That one describes how to use Debian's live build system.

[melodie]

That one describes how to use Debian's live build system.

I have noticed, I just thought it looked easier to follow than the full Debian documentation from the live build website pages. I have had a look at the French version of the doc, which is 86 pages long for the pdf. I starts with the full Debian history, (or something looking like it), then there is the full live build history, (or something looking like it) than a long list of people who did the great job, (or something looking like it) then the very details of how to compile each and one part of the live build components... (this looked very much like it) Then I could not read anymore, my sight was a bit tired so I closed the pdf book and stored it somewhere on the hdd.

Compared to it, that one page seemed reasonable to bring back, to get an idea about the insights of the process.

[melodie]

That one has shell scripts in a Google svn repo. The wiki hasn't had any entries since Feb 2010.

You can't know how old it is until you get the sources from the repos:
http://code.google.com/p/debianiso/source/checkout

[djohnston]

You can't know how old it is until you get the sources from the repos:
http://code.google.com/p/debianiso/source/checkout

I downloaded it from svn. Hey, they're all dated today! How about that?    This one is pretty wonky, Mel. Just look at the README:

DebianISO
----------

Tools for creating custom Debian boot images, suitable for booting off CD, USB
stick, etc.


Installation and usage
----------------------

$ apt-get install wajig
$ wajig install pbuilder grub mkisofs qemu

For the first time: create the /var/chache/pbuilder/base.tgz:

$ sudo pbuilder --create --mirror http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian

Next time just update the image:

$ sudo pbuilder --update

Build the debian.iso image:

$ sudo ./build

Optional
--------

Test the image:

$ qemu -no-kqemu -m 600 -cdrom debian.iso

Edit the base system (install more packages, edit files...) and recreate
the debian.iso:

$ sudo chroot iso
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install whatever
...
$ exit
$ sudo ./create_iso

To clean the repository:

$ sudo ./clean

[djohnston]

Compared to it, that one page seemed reasonable to bring back, to get an idea about the insights of the process.

Yes, I did copy and paste the page as an LO document and saved it to the hard drive. Could be a good overview.

[melodie]

I downloaded it from svn. Hey, they're all dated today! How about that?    This one is pretty wonky, Mel. Just look at the README:

Hi,
yes, I have not imagined this one was so... (it might not be polite ;-) )

I have a clue anyhow : you are right this is probably pretty old. Here is the content of the menu.lst :

$ cat menu.lst
default 0

title vmlinuz-2.6.22-1-686
root (cd)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-1-686 boot=myboot
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-1-686

^^