The following sequence of helper commands, provided by
live-helper
, will create a basic ISO image containing
just the Debian standard system without X.org. It is suitable for burning to
CD or DVD media.
First, we run the lh config
helper command which will
create a "config/"
hierarchy in the current directory
for use by other helper commands:
$ lh config
By passing no parameters to lh config
we indicated that
we wish to use the defaults. This will create an image of type binary (see
Section 4.1.1, “The lh config
helper”).
Now that we have a "config/"
hierarchy, we may build
the image with the lh build
helper command:
# lh build
This process can take a while, depending on the speed of your network
connection (see Section 4.1.2, “The lh build
helper”).
Testing an ISO is simple:
# apt-get install qemu $ qemu -cdrom binary.iso
In order to test the ISO with virtualbox-ose:
# apt-get install virtualbox-oseand either install
the modules package for a stock kernel eg virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-1-486 or
the modules package compiled for your kernel using module-assistant from the package virtualbox-ose-source
Run Virtualbox:
For example, in Gnome{{{Applications -> System Tools -> VirtualBox OSE }}}
Create a virtual machine from your Live ISO
To create a virtual machine "mylive" from A CDROM ISO "binary.iso" in VirtualBox:
{{{Machine -> New }}}
In the Wizard: FIXME
In order to test the ISO with VMware Workstation:
Run VMware Workstation:
Click on Edit virtual machine settings in the VM summary page.
Then, click on the CD-ROM device and select Use ISO image. Remeber to connect the CD-ROM device at power on and remeber to adjust the boot order in the bios.