3.2. First steps: building an ISO image

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, which 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 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”).

3.2.1. Testing an ISO image with Qemu

Testing an ISO is simple:

# apt-get install qemu
$ qemu -cdrom binary.iso

3.2.2. Burning an ISO image to physical medium

Burning an ISO image is easy:

# apt-get install wodim
$ wodim binary.iso