On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:35:34AM +0100, Nahir MOHAMED wrote: >Hi all, > >First of all I'm new with building debian custom image and I'm >running trouble. > >To start learning how to build a custom image I'm trying to generate >an .iso image from the original content of the >debian-509-i386-CD-1.iso. Here are the steps I go through to build my >image > >*Step 1 : * > >mount -o loop debian-509-i386-CD-1.iso /mnt > >*Step 2 :* > >cp -R /mnt/* /home/user/SourceCD/ > >*Step 3 :* > >chmod -R 744 /home/user/SourceCD/ > >*Step 4 :* > >Running the command below from /home/user/SourceCD/ > >genisoimage -o ../final_iso/test.iso -r -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c >isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table >-R -J -v -T . > >Finally I have a test.iso file I try it with KVM. I'm able to boot on >it, to launch install to choose language, keymap but when checking >the CD the installer says it cannot be used for installation.
Your problem is step 2. There's a directory .disk (containing metadata for d-i) which needs to be copied too; try cp -R /mnt/. /home/user/SourceCD/ instead. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
