oros42 / customdebian

script to build your custom live Debian

CustomDebian

Script to build your custom liveCD Debian.

Lazy mode / TL;DR

git clone https://github.com/Oros42/CustomDebian.git
cd CustomDebian
sudo ./build_custom_debian.sh new

And get your ISO in ./livework/Amnesia-Debian-amd64.iso Estimated time : 20 minutes with a 400 kB/s Internet connection.
Size of ISO : 189 Mo
By default, on boot, the whole system is load in RAM. So you need at least 200Mo of RAM. And you can remove the USB key or liveCD after booting.

Build your custom Debian

Setup

git clone https://github.com/Oros42/CustomDebian.git
cd CustomDebian
./build_custom_debian.sh

Customize your Debian

CustomDebian
.
├── build_custom_debian.sh <-- the only file you should run
├── config  <-- edit this file
├── custom_conf
│   └── etc <-- put here your customs conf who are copy in /etc/ of your live
├── custom_setup <-- put here your scripts which will be run in chroot.
│                    (Examples https://github.com/Oros42/CustomDebianSetup ) 
│   ├── default.sh
│   └── README.md
├── default <-- don't touch
├── livework <-- it's where ISO is build
└── other_files
    ├── setup_in_chroot_footer.sh
    ├── setup_in_chroot_head.sh
    └── splash.png <-- change this picture if you want

Let's go to build !

sudo ./build_custom_debian.sh new

And get your ISO in ./livework/?.iso
Estimated time : 20 minutes with a 400 kB/s Internet connection.
Size of ISO : 189 Mo
By default, on boot, the whole system is load in RAM. So you need at least 200Mo of RAM. And you can remove the USB key or liveCD after booting.

You want to add something in your liveCD ?

cd CustomDebian/livework/
chroot chroot
# Here, your are in the chroot of your liveCD Debian
mount none -t proc /proc
mount none -t sysfs /sys
mount none -t devpts /dev/pts
export HOME=/root
export LC_ALL=C
export PS1="\e[01;31m(live):\W \$ \e[00m"

# Do what you want :-)

umount /proc /sys /dev/pts
exit
# exit chroot
cd ..

And rebuild your live :

sudo ./build_custom_debian.sh rebuild

And get your new ISO in ./livework/?.iso

customdebian's Issues

addition repositories use

where can i add backport repository for my additional package install?

How to make the ISO UEFI bootable?

Hi! i 'm using this tool with satisfaction for my works :) but i would like to make the ISO system UEFI bootable and installable. Would you know how to do it? thanks a lot for your work! 👍

Add new packages

Hi ! How do you add other packages or delete a few ?
For example : if I want to add KVM in the package list, how can I do that ?
Thanks.