On 21/09/2020, Michael . <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to build a minibase iso for a specific machine that I am > testing builds on. I have attached relevant files to this message for > people to look at to see if I have done anything wrong. > > The problem that I have is the iso, without an DE or WM, that is built > is 1.9 GB in size yet I can build an iso that is not minibase with > MATE of 1.3 GB in size. > This is the 2nd time I am trying to send this email off, the 1st time it was blocked because I dared to attach some files for people to look at if they wanted to.
So I've just built a totally fresh iso and it is down to 343.9 MB which is alot compared to the 110 or so that is written about in the live build manual. My auto/config is below can someone tell me how I can get this smaller or is that impossible now due to the advances in Linux? The reason I am asking is I am trying to make a very specific build for very specific hardware and I really don't want a huge iso when I am finished the final iteration. I initially thought the pool and pool-udeb folders were part of the problem and to a certain extent I still do because I do not understand why a minibase system without anything else will require alsa-utils or why a "live" system needs debs as though a normal install which installs from debs does. Anywho this has me a bit perplexed. #!/bin/sh set -e #_A="amd64" \ CPU Architecture i386 = 32 BIT (686 and 686-pae) amd64 = 64 BIT _A="i386" \ #_AA="main contrib non-free" \ Archive Areas must have at least main, contrib and non-free are optional _AA="main contrib non-free" \ #_BIT="x86-64" \ x86 = 32 BIT system x86-64 = 64 BIT system _BIT="x86" \ #_DD="buster" \ Debian Distribution e.g. buster _DD="buster" \ #_D="Rugged" \ Debian Derivative Distro e.g. Cobber or Rugged _D="Rugged" \ #_F="false" \ When the answer to a question is false _F="false" \ #_FL="amd64" \ Linux Flavour as in BIT. Options (currently) are 686 686-pae amd64. Flavor MUST match _A="" (CPU Architecture) to work _FL="686-pae" \ #_MB="http://deb.debian.org/debian/"; \ Repository Mirror to be used _MB="http://deb.debian.org/debian/"; \ #_MS="http://security.debian.org/"; \ Security Repository Mirror, this is usually always http://security.debian.org/ unless you are building a non Debian system _MS="http://security.debian.org/"; \ #_T="true" \ When the answer to a question is true _T="true" \ #_DE="builder-choice" \ Desktop Environment or Window Manager used in the build. Choices are Cinnamon, Gnome, KDE, LXDE, LXQT, Mate, TDE (Trinity), XFCE, etc etc etc. _DE="" \ #_WM="builder-choice" \ Window Manager used in the build. Choices are, currently, Fluxbox. _WM="" \ lb config noauto \ --apt "apt" \ --apt-http-proxy "http://localhost:3142/"; \ --apt-indices "${_F}" \ --apt-options "--yes" \ --apt-recommends "${_F}" \ --apt-secure "${_T}" \ --apt-source-archives "${_F}" \ --aptitude-options "--assume-yes" \ --architectures "${_A}" \ --archive-areas "${_AA}" \ --backports "${_F}" \ --binary-filesystem "fat32" \ --bootappend-live "boot=live config quiet splash keyboard-layouts=us" \ --bootappend-live-failsafe "boot=live components memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp nosplash vga=normal" \ --bootloaders "syslinux" \ --cache "${_T}" \ --cache-indices "${_F}" \ --cache-packages "${_T}" \ --cache-stages "bootstrap chroot" \ --checksums "md5 sha1 sha256" \ --chroot-filesystem "squashfs" \ --debootstrap-options "--variant=minbase" \ --debian-installer "live" \ --distribution "${_DD}" \ --debian-installer-distribution "${_DD}" \ --debian-installer-gui "${_T}" \ --fdisk "fdisk" \ --firmware-binary "${_F}" \ --firmware-chroot "${_F}" \ --gzip-options "-6 --rsyncable" \ --hdd-label ""${_D}"Live" \ --initramfs "live-boot" \ --initramfs-compression "gzip" \ --interactive "${_F}" \ --iso-application ""${_D}"-Live-"${_DE}"" \ --iso-preparer "Michael" \ --iso-publisher ""${_D}" GNU/Linux" \ --iso-volume ""${_D}" "${_DE}" "${_BIT}" $(date +%Y%m%d)" \ --linux-flavours "${_FL}" \ --linux-packages "linux-image" \ --mirror-binary "${_MB}" \ --mirror-bootstrap "${_MB}" \ --mirror-debian-installer "${_MB}" \ --parent-mirror-binary-security "${_MS}" \ --parent-mirror-bootstrap "${_MB}" \ --parent-mirror-chroot-security "${_MS}" \ --quiet "${_F}" \ --security "${_T}" \ --source "${_F}" \ --source-images "${_F}" \ --system "live" \ --tasksel "apt" \ --uefi-secure-boot "enable" \ --updates "${_T}" \ --verbose "${_T}" \ --win32-loader "${_F}" \ --zsync "${_T}" \ "${@}"
