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Old 18th September 2008, 01:35 PM
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Wink Customizing a (K)Ubuntu Linux Live CD

Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.

Install Remastersys in Ubuntu

The Remastersys repository needs to be added to your /etc/apt/sources.list
Code:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Paste the following into the sources.list:

Code:
# Remastersys
# deb http://www.linuxmint.com/repository romeo/
deb http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository remastersys/
Save and exit the file.

Update the source list using the following command
Code:
sudo apt-get update
Install remastersys using the following command
Code:
sudo apt-get install remastersys
This will complete the installation

Using Remastersys

In order to learn how you can use remastersys, run
Code:
sudo remastersys
remastersys Syntax

sudo remastersys backup|clean|dist [cdfs|iso] [filename.iso]

remastersys Examples

1) to make a livecd/dvd backup of your system
Code:
sudo remastersys backup
2) to make a livecd/dvd backup and call the iso custom.iso
Code:
sudo remastersys backup custom.iso
3) to clean up temporary files of remastersys
Code:
sudo remastersys clean
4) to make a distributable livecd/dvd of your system
Code:
sudo remastersys dist
5) to make a distributable livecd/dvd filesystem only
Code:
sudo remastersys dist cdfs
6) to make a distributable iso named custom.iso but only if the cdfs is already present
Code:
sudo remastersys dist iso custom.iso
cdfs and iso options should only be used if you wish to modify something on the cd before the iso is created. An example of this would be to modify the isolinux portion of the livecd/dvd

Creating An ISO Image

To create an iso image of your installation, simply run
Code:
sudo remastersys dist
This will create an iso image called customdist.iso in the /home/remastersys directory. The dist option makes that your personal folder (e.g. /home/ruchi) will not be included in the iso image. You might have to insert your Ubuntu installation CD during the process.


/home/remastersys/customdist.iso is ready to be burned or tested in a virtual machine.

Check the size and if it is larger than 700MB you will need to burn it to a dvd

796M /home/remastersys/customdist.iso

Clean Up

After you’ve burnt the iso image onto a CD/DVD, you can run
Code:
sudo remastersys clean
to remove all temporary file created during the iso generation as well as the /home/remastersys directory.

source:ubuntugeek.com

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Old 18th September 2008, 02:45 PM
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thats very handy to know
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Thank you Mikorist. I will save your info here and plan to use it in the near future to transfer my current Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) [running dual boot within Vista] onto an 486 machine I may soon acquire. Will your explained method allow me to do this if I have Kubuntu inside of Vista?
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Old 28th September 2008, 09:17 PM
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He will be here i hope to answer any Q's
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Old 28th September 2008, 09:25 PM
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Thank you Blackmirror - and thank you also for pointing me to this site. I followed the link you left at your last site. Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by wladicus View Post
Thank you Mikorist. I will save your info here and plan to use it in the near future to transfer my current Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) [running dual boot within Vista] onto an 486 machine I may soon acquire. Will your explained method allow me to do this if I have Kubuntu inside of Vista?
walt
With Remastersys tool you can "slipstream" anything into the installation of (K)ubuntu.

Programs, drivers, themes etc.

If you required to install Kubuntu on a new machine - method for you is distributable copy.

NOTE

1)
Live CD/DVD created from a system with installed proprietary ATI or Nvidia drivers, when booted,
will not load these drivers because casper (the ubuntu Live CD boot routine) disables ati and nvidia proprietary drivers.

If you choose distributable copy you must to uninstall ATI or Nvidia
drivers.

After that you can "slipstream" - install EnvyNG which will
detect the model of your graphic card (only ATI and Nvidia cards are supported)
and install the appropriate driver on a new machine.

2)
Will not have any of your personal user data in it and you must
backup all your personal datas...

I tested it myself and successfully remastered Kubuntu 8.04 using Remastersys.

I can confirm it installs quite fast and is very easy.

Remastered time for my Kubuntu and all my programs is 45min~1h (distributable copy)

As an example, a 3G installed partition will compress from 1.0 to 1.5 Gig depending on what is on it. Obviously compressed files will not compress any further. The livecd/dvd will be a little bit bigger than the compressed file of the filesystem.

Detailed feedback about it's usage:
Remastersys project

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Thank you very much for the detailed explanation Mikorist.
It will come in handy in about a month from now.
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