On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 4:48:06 PM UTC+5:30, Marek
Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
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> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 02:04:15AM -0700, shubham dubey wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I was trying to get more familiar with qubes live usb project then I
> came
> > across this branch
> > of qubes-os-installer
> > https://github.com/marmarek/qubes-installer-qubes-os/tree/liveusb.
> > Right now I have spent my significant time on understanding anaconda
> > installer which qubes use
> > by default but it is tough to understand the liveusb branch (mentioned
> > above) since there is no documentation
> > available to understand.
> >
> > So,I will be really grateful if someone guide me how to proceed or give
> any
> > reference link where I can read more about
> > how live usb boot works.
>
> Take a look here:
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1970
>
> Generally, qubes-installer-qubes-os repository contains two somehow
> independent parts:
> 1. Standalone installer:
> - anaconda - installation application itself
> - pungi+lorax - tools to build bootable image hosting anaconda (*)
> - conf/qubes-kickstart.cfg - kickstart file describing that bootable
> image
>
> 2. Live image creator:
> - livecd-tools - tools to build live image(*)
> - live - scripts related to live image (qubes-live package)
> - conf/liveusb.ks - kickstart file describing Live image
>
> Those two parts can be enabled independently, using ISO_INSTALLER
> (default to '1') and ISO_LIVEUSB (default to '0') options in
> builder.conf.
>
Thanks,this is quite useful explanation.I will research more on how qubes
version
of live usb work and if I will have any questions then I will ping you
again.
>
> Ideally, we'd like to have a single image, which serve both as live image
> and installer image, but it's a long way to this goal, with many
> challenges on it.
>
>
> (*) Ideally we'd use upstream tools (pungi, lorax, pykickstart,
> livecd-tools) directly, but all those are missing signature verification
> of packages downloaded from the internet, sometimes over plain http...
> Patches applied there are all sent upstream, but in all the cases were
> either ignored or softly rejected ("It is expected that the
> distribution's using it will have strong controls on the contents taht
> feed into the compose").
>
> - --
> Best Regards,
> Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
> Invisible Things Lab
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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