[aklug] Re: respin Ubuntu 8.10

On Saturday 17 January 2009, Greg Madden wrote:
> Lot to like about Ubuntu, one thing don't like is the 245mb security
> upgrade as soon as you install from the release iso. So how about a
> respin with all updates ? I stumbled upon an app called "remastersys"
> that will allow you to create a new live install cd or just backup
> your existing install. Works on Debian based distros, solid in Ubuntu
> 8.10.
>
> http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/
>
> 1. I installed Ubuntu 8.10,
> 2. updated all the packages (245mb!)
> 3. modify sources.list add:
> deb http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository remastersys/
> 4. install "remastersys",
> 5. ran 'remastersys dist' which excludes home directories.
>
> I modified the basic Ubuntu install by adding a few of my favorite
> apps. I was intending to create a cd iso image but I could not get the
> iso file size small enough, ended up with a 1gb iso file to burn to
> dvd. I might have been able to get a smaller file size by excluding
> some or all of /var but i am not that familiar with what is saved
> between reboots. Pretty painless for a first try though

Follow up: I used my disk on an install on a different computer and found
cups did not work. I had to delete the files in /etc/cups/ssl/.

 In the "remastersys.conf file there is an 'excludes' stanza. I need to
fine tune this for creating a truly generic iso. /var, /dev, /home is
excluded by default for the 'dist' option, and ?

-- 
Greg Madden
Precision Air Balance, Inc.
Phone: (907)276-0461
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