Creating a custom ubuntu ISO

[mailtome]

@inameiname: You are some what correct. I do not need the entire repo. Just the main, and restricted. And only the latest version of the components. So I guess the size will come around 4-5 GB.
@philinux: mkisofs can be used to recreate the ISO.
I have done something similar for centos, suse using:
For centos: http://nootech.wordpress.com/2007/12...-5-install-cd/
For suse: makeSUSEDVD http://sourceforge.net/projects/makesusedvd/

[jerenept]

Ubuntu Customisation Kit seems cool to me. It's in the repos and you get to run synaptic within the iso.

[mailtome]

And, if it matters I will be customizing the server ISO.

[mailtome]

A problem that I see with this is:
When I install ubuntu, it does not asks me which packages I want to install (other than in server installation it asks for LAMP, openssh etc).
Is there some file (or another method) to tell the installer to only install certain packages.

[inameiname]

To mailtome:

Maybe this will help too:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...t%20connection

Perhaps you can merely download all that you want, keep them handy, and then go from there. IDK.

[tlacuache]

This link was very helpful to me, if you really want to do it from scratch.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch

[emarkay]

In a similar manner I am looking for the same thing:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1512104