Adding preseed to Debian install

chblock · 01-09-2018, 05:25 AM

Anybody know what tool Debian uses to make their bootable iso images?

Reason I ask is my nix machine has a Gigabyte motherboard and those are notorious for being finicky about booting from USB. Mine is definitely one of them. The Debian image boots my machine from USB, but I want to take it apart and put it back together to add an initrd preseed file. Using Genisoimage is not working for me.

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Stéphane Ascoët · 01-10-2018, 02:58 AM

I think all the documentation about this subject is on Debian website

chblock · 01-10-2018, 10:11 AM

Thanks, yeah I found it in the installer manual, they use xorriso. Did an apt-get on it and works good with my PCs finicky USB boot. I can remaster my debian ISOs now, super handy for automating the debian install.