On 02/22/2011 09:47 PM, PYROcomp wrote: > We are interested in giving a hand with building install ISOs. > Is there a source for information on this process? > Could you help us out in getting started?
> You do an EXCELLENT job and we know that opensource can be a very > time demanding hobby thus we wanna help out! I have a HOWTO from Julien (gilir) that he uses to create the official Lubuntu ISOs. I am in the process of (slowly and carefully) converting it into a script (actually a couple of scripts, at the moment; I might merge them back into one later) that can run automatically with no human input... if that works 100%, then using it would be one way to get others involved. However, so far I've been asked not to redistribute the HOWTO (which is sort of almost a script) -- that's Julien's choice. If I get ISOs created that really work correctly, and especially if I get automated daily or weekly builds going here, does your group have somewhere I can upload them to, that has appropriate server bandwidth to host them for others (worldwide) to download? That would be a really useful thing to have; not needed right now today, but hopefully needed in a few days time :) Incidentally, I hope to build my first "more or less Lubuntu" ISO from these two scripts, "hands off" except for entering a sudo password, before I go to bed tonight (it is 23:40 here... so that's not very far away at all!). No promises, just a statement about where I am in this process :) I also have info on the general idea of creating Ubuntu ISOs using the official Ubuntu tools and approaches, and once I have the "Julien way" working, I want to start moving towards the "Ubuntu official" way... but how long that will take, I don't yet know. Some related resources you might want to read and play with that relate to LiveCD creation are: * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebootstrapChroot Get a few ideas, but do not use indiscriminately, stuff from: * http://www.fredshack.com/docs/ubuntu-livecd.html * http://blog.ericwhite.ca/articles/2010/10/kvm-ubuntu-vm-using-debootstrap/ And if you get serious, Ubuntu software to try out and get familiar with (as well as debootstrap and squashfs-tools and similar obvious apps) includes: * germinate * livecd-rootfs * ubuntu-cdimage (from lp:~cjwatson/ubuntu-cdimage/mainline ) Jonathan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
