Recommended tool to remaster live distro?
Hello
I'm currently checking the (few) major Linux distros localized for French that I can burn onto a USB keydrive to run Linux without a hard drive (ie. not as an alternative to a CD to install Linux). At this point, it's pretty much down to Ubuntu, Mint, and Fedora. After booting from the USB key, I need to remove apps I don't need (eg. LibreOffice) and add a couple I do need (Gparted, etc.), and remove all references to installing Linux on the hard drive (eg. Ubuntu displays a "Welcome to Linux: Install, Run" type of screen + shortcut on the desktop). I know of the following four tools to turn a running Linux into an ISO that I could then use to burn new USB keydrives with that customized Linux: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remastersys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mklivecd http://sourceforge.net/projects/re-linux/ Before investing time learning about a tool, if you have experimented with those (and possibly others I should know about), which would you recommend? Ideally, it should work with any Linux distro. Thank you. |
check out slax. you can make distro inside webbrowser now.
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Thanks, but Slax doesn't have enough traction ("The latest version of Slax is 6.1.2, which was released on 4 August 2009".)
I prefer to rely on a distro with lots of developers in case I get stuck with a bug. |
Remastersys works well. I've used it with Debian 6.0.3 and the Ubuntu version of remastersys with several distributions including Mint. I've also used mylivecd with PCLinuxOS. I don't know about Reconstructor of re-linux, haven't tried them. Mylivecd and remastersys are used to remaster installed systems.
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I've never done quite that, but it sounds like Clonezilla and MondoRescue would produce the same results ie bootable copy of the amended install, inc Os+user areas.
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I dunno, I may give some wrong info. Distrowatch reports Slax being dormant. http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=porteus |
Thanks for the feedback.
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I'll play with Remastersys, and if I can't get it to work as planned, will check the alternatives. |
When I had to do something like that I went with a Debian base install, then added all needed software and used Debian Live to make a Live version from that OS.
Still have to research how to make a live Slackware. |
You might like to consider the live CD version of Salix. It has LiveClone that will generate a live iso image based on a running system and install-on-USB.sh which creates usb installers from the iso file.
http://people.salixos.org/tsuren/doc...tml/index.html |
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