[aklug] Re: respin Ubuntu 8.10

From: Shane R. Spencer <shane@bogomip.com>
Date: Wed Jan 28 2009 - 10:55:52 AKST

http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/DRU_Disc_Remastering_Utility
Maybe cool? Dunno.

I'm preseeding debian/ubuntu systems all the time with automated
installers so I spend a LOT of time here:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed

and:

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends

Damien Hull wrote:
> I'll have to try this "remastersys". Never heard of it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Madden" <pabi@acsalaska.net>
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:31:11 AM GMT -09:00 Alaska
> Subject: [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 ?
>

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