[SOLVED] Making Custom Live CD/DVD from all files on my hard drive

[brennydoogles]

Well, I don't mind programs. Could the maker of Remastersys please enlighten us on how to obtain the debian package for Ubuntu 7.10? Thank you!

I agree. Another question about Remastersys... while using the dist option, will it capture things such as installed audio/video codecs and fonts, or will it only capture installed programs? Also, is there a way to remove programs from the list of what you want on the new live distro? For example, I have a few programs installed that do not have a .deb available, and would be broken by the dist option because of configuration files being located in the home folder. Thanks for your help!

[po3]

very informative article, thanks

[smartboyathome]

I agree. Another question about Remastersys... while using the dist option, will it capture things such as installed audio/video codecs and fonts, or will it only capture installed programs? Also, is there a way to remove programs from the list of what you want on the new live distro? For example, I have a few programs installed that do not have a .deb available, and would be broken by the dist option because of configuration files being located in the home folder. Thanks for your help!

Use the Romeo repo. Someone (a spammer >) got rid of the instructions on the article, but if you browse back a little ways in the history, you should be able to find it. Anyway, you would have to uninstall the programs you don't want on the livecd, and it basically put everything on the livecd besides things in your /home folder, so make sure your configurations are system wide. Also, there will be a new version out for Remastersys soon which doesn't require the origional CD, so wait if you can.

[brennydoogles]

Use the Romeo repo. Someone (a spammer >) got rid of the instructions on the article, but if you browse back a little ways in the history, you should be able to find it. Anyway, you would have to uninstall the programs you don't want on the livecd, and it basically put everything on the livecd besides things in your /home folder, so make sure your configurations are system wide. Also, there will be a new version out for Remastersys soon which doesn't require the origional CD, so wait if you can.

I went ahead and downloaded reconstructor, because it seems like it is more readily usable at this time, but when the new version comes out I would love to help test it.

[smartboyathome]

I went ahead and downloaded reconstructor, because it seems like it is more readily usable at this time, but when the new version comes out I would love to help test it.

I have had tons of bad luck with Reconstructor, I much rather set up my system and then use Reconstructor to make a LiveCD from it. Best of luck to you!

[puccaso]

how about creating a livecd from my current installed system on my HD ?? liveCD/liveDVD/liveUSB whatever... can i get my current system running as a live**?

[smartboyathome]

how about creating a livecd from my current installed system on my HD ?? liveCD/liveDVD/liveUSB whatever... can i get my current system running as a live**?

You can do that with Remastersys, too.

[ankursethi]

Erm, PCLinuxOS comes with a remastering tool by default called "remasterme". In fact, PCLOS is *meant* to be broken, twisted, bent and remastered all the way to hell and back again. I use Ubuntu on the desktop, but if I'm going somewhere and need a Linux to work, I install a remaster of PCLOS to my USB and get going.

http://www.pclinuxos.com

PS : I hope nobody minds the shameless PCLOS promotion

[Fragadelic]

I have released Remastersys 2.0-2 and it starting with 2.0-1 it has had a gui.

Add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list

# Remastersys
deb http://www.remastersys.klikit.org/repository remastersys/

The new homepage is:

http://www.remastersys.klikit.org

The version on the Romeo repository of Linux Mint is outdated and shouldn't be used.

Take a look at the website and either post here or on the remastersys forum if you have any questions.

[jobsonandrew]

im currently using remastersys 2 to make a liveCD backup of my ubuntu 7.04 that i installed using wubi (www.wubi-installer.org)

when it says "this will take a while, so be patient" how long is a while? cos my laptop has been churning away at 100% CPU usage for about 5 hours now..

any chance of a progress bar in the next release? lol anyone think that im waiting too long for this and that somethings up?