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On 11/13/2014 06:54 PM, Israel wrote:
On 11/13/2014 06:55 PM, Eric Bradshaw
wrote:
On 11/13/2014 05:07 PM, John Hupp
wrote:
On 11/13/2014 4:53 PM, Eric
Bradshaw wrote:
To whomever may be able to provide some insight;
Black Lab Image Creator (BLIC) 1.5 has NOT been tested with
Lubuntu 14.10, but I'd like to continue using it to make
Lubuntu respins if I can. Starting with BLIC's predesessor
Remastersys; I have successfully made the C4C Lubuntu
ReSpins based on 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04. But, while
trying to use Black Lab Image Creator 1.5 with Lubuntu 14.10
I get the following error early in the distribution build
process:
cp: missing destination file operand after
‘/home/blacklabimage/remasteredsys/ISOTMP/isolinux/’
Try 'cp --help' for more information
The distribution build process continues and the iso seems
to be produced as normal. However, after burning the iso to
DVD and attempting to start another (32-bit) machine from
it, I never even get to my custom splash screen. I get the
error;
failed to load ldlinux.c32
I believe the ldlinux.c32 file is created from contents I've
always edited; isolinux.cfg is where I change the text of
the splash screen (splash.png) to our own and remove options
to start the install in low graphics mode or live. It seems
that the error I get while first starting to boot a 32-bit
machine from CD (DVD in this case) means a file called
vesamenu.c32 failed to be created in
/home/blacklabimage/remasteredsys/ISOTMP/isolinux/ and
therefore failed to make it onto the iso.
I went back and used Black Lab Image Creator 1.1 to respin
Lubuntu 14.04.
The vesamenu.c32 file is created and contains exactly one
line:
žþLÍ!üè
There are other options for a non-programmer like me to
respin Lubuntu. However, I have grown quite fond of this
particular method. If anyone can help me figure out what
changed/why this no longer works I'd be very grateful.
Eric Bradshaw
I haven't got the first thing to offer by way of a solution or
insight, but this is a topic I have been interested in. So
maybe you can help ME instead!
When you say, "There are other options for a non-programmer
like me to respin Lubuntu," what options were you thinking
about?
I have seen references to Distroshare Ubuntu Imager (https://github.com/Distroshare/distroshare-ubuntu-imager)
and Systemback (http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemback/)
as Remastersys alternatives, but I have not tested either of
them. I'd be interested in anyone else's experience with them
or other alternatives.
By George, I think I've got it! The new isolinux has a couple of
extra directories now, so isolinux.bin, linux.c32, vesainfo.c32
and the file I think the one Black Dog Image Creator is looking
for; vesamenu.c32 is now buried two more directories deep than
it used to be; /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/efi32 - So I changed
the path in blacklabimager in line 399 from
VESAMENU=`find /usr -print0 | grep -FzZ
"syslinux/vesamenu.c32"`
to
VESAMENU=`find /usr -print0 | grep -FzZ
"syslinux/modules/efi32/vesamenu.c32"`
and I'm not getting that error!
And yes, there are those alternatives you mentioned, as well as
just plain command-line instructions
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MakeALiveCD/DVD/BootableFlashFromHarddiskInstall
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
but I've used this Remastersys fork for so long now because it
uses my modified Ubiquity installer, my splash screen(s), allows
me to delete options I don't want for the end-user like running
in low graphics mode and running Live and I guess I just got
used to the way it works. Even though it's now $50 - it's worth
it it (if I can get it to work for 14.10 and beyond).
Distroshare Ubuntu Imager says it's based on Remastersys and it
looks like it took a bit from Black Lab Image Creator too, so
that's definately my next script to try if the above doesn't
work like I think.
Eric Bradshaw
Hi,
There are a multitude of ways to do this.
The way I do it is with a homemade script.
This way I can control every single aspect of what is installed
and how things are configured. This is extremely useful for OBI
(one button installer) instead of Ubiquity as the installer. I am
also optimizing things for the lowest-end hardware.... i.e.
installing on a machine with 128MB ram rather than 384+
If you are interested in it, I'd be glad to share! I based it off
of:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
the main change I made was making the chroot part into a separate
script.
I copy that into the chroot, and then run
sudo chroot "$CHROOTDIR" ./mychrootscript.sh
where "$CHROOTDIR" is the path to my chroot
and ./mychrootscript.sh is the name of the script to do all the
chroot stuff, like install packages, and configure things.
I am currently trying to build for PPC also using qemu... but I am
still in the very early stages.
Jörn also has a script to custom make ISOs which use the Ubiquity
installer. So his work might be more beneficial... it came from
Ubuntu-GNOME (if I remember right).
There is no graphic interface to making a script, but with a
little optimization (caching the deboostrap into a tar file, and
copying the debian archives outside the chroot) you can build it
multiple times and test it without having to re-download tons of
things.
And there is the debian scripts that you can install...
live-build
http://live.debian.net/manual/current/html/live-manual/installation.en.html
but that has quite the learning curve :)
Though that is probably the most official route to take I suppose.
P.S. I just recently got the other iBook setup to build packages
:) And tested it out! Getting closer!!!!
--
Regards
Oh, silly me. I forgot about OBI until after I'd already send my
last post. I was going to add it this morning, but Israel beat me to
it. Since the creator of OBI frequents this mail list, that may be
the best route for you John. He's gotten a lot of input from others
here.
(I think) I am closer with Black Dog Image Creator. I was pretty
excited that I'd found "the" issue, and I think I am on the right
track, but still no working iso. I changed line 399 again to take
the vesamenu.c32 from syslinux/modules/bios/ instead because I saw
there was actually a file called ldlinux.c32 in that bios directory.
After making a DVD from that iso, I got no error about ldlinux.c32,
but did get two more;
Failed to load libcom32.c32 and Failed to load COM32 file
vesamenu.c32 - and it again halted there.
I also noticed a file called boot.cat that was present in my
previous respins, but wasn't anywhere on my 14.10 system I could
find, so I actually copied it into the syslinux/modules/bios/
directory. Then I added a line to blacklabimager to get all the
files from the bios directory including the boot.cat one I had added
into it;
cp /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/* $WORKDIR/ISOTMP/isolinux
It booted this time! However, I still didn't see my own vesamenu. I
instead was greeted with my splash screen graphic and a "Guest"
login invitation and that led nowhere of course.
I will work on it more later. Gotta' go to work now.
Eric Bradshaw
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