I have a lfs build that is saved to a USB using rsync to back it up.

I want to make it into a bootable iso with syslinux/isolinux

The problem is google keeps saying "Well I assume I know you know this.... so do this, I'll leave out what you need because I assume you should know"

I just want someone anyone to give me "Step 1 do 'x' step 2 do 'y' step 3 'do z'"

Really spending one week on this project I should have gotten somewhere with this.

How the heck does ubuntu, mint, etc....create live cd's so easily, yet this "secret" of creating live cd's is hidden. For how "open source" linux is this tid bit of information is hidden behind locked doors.

Waiting a half hour for a iso to be created to test out on a virtualbox is becoming tiresome to find out "welp...that failed, lets make this change and wait a half hour to try again" .... only to go "welp....back to square one lets see if google has an answer...oh lets try this vague setup"

CAVEAT: I have never done this, but you seem so desperate.

The short answer is no. LFS has a Live CD project, but it's outdated. You could use it for inspiration creating your own.

However you also ask how Ubuntu et. al. create live CDs so easily. I don't know about "easily", but there is a Ubuntu Wiki page that shows how to create a Live CD from scratch. It looks very detailed: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch. Might not be up-to-date, and is not directly applicable to LFS, but can be used for inspiration.

Unfortunately one of the ToDos on that page is "Update syslinux/isolinux instructions. With recent versions of syslinux the instructions shown here create a broken menu.". So I guess you have to study syslinux/isolinux first, or perhaps ask that question on that wiki or on ask.ubuntu.com.

Finally, "open source" doesn't mean "step by step instructions". It means that source code is accessible and that you have the right to use it and modify it as much as you like. Documentation is a separate matter.

This would be (at least) the third thread on this same subject by the OP.

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ng-4175676732/