Custom Live Debian System

cust-live-deb is a 64-bit Debian operating system that runs from RAM. It can either boot from USB key or CD/DVD.

• It includes tools to remaster itself to include your changes. See Menu->User manual->Remaster live system.
• It also allows your changes to persist on your hard drives. See Menu->User manual->Persistence.

Screenshots

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It comes in 2 flavors:

• min: Strict minimum system with JWM light-weight window manager. From there, you can add your desired applications.
• std: Standard system includes minimum system + common applications.

Burn ISO to USB key

WARNING: Everything in your USB key will be destroyed.

# On any unix system, run:
dd if="cust-live-deb-64-FFF_YYYY-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS.iso" of="/path/to/your/usb/device" bs=4M; sync

# Or, on cust-live-deb, run:
cld-dd-usb.sh cust-live-deb-64-FFF_YYYY-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS.iso /path/to/your/usb/device

MS Windows

On Microsoft Windows, you can use Win32 Disk Imager to burn the ISO to your USB key.

Documentation

• For users, see User manual. Or, from cust-live-deb, Menu->Help->User manual.
• For developers, see Developer manual. Or, from cust-live-deb, Menu->Help->Developer manual.

Releases stats

http://www.somsubhra.com/github-release-stats/?username=limelime&repository=cust-live-deb

TODO

Regenerate initrd

• https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-initramfs.html#s-initramfs-regen

Chroot

• https://wiki.debian.org/chroot

References

• Installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux System: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apds03.html.en
• http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/de/man1/lb_config.1.html
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/551195/scripting-chroot-how-to
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
• https://wiki.debian.org/Openbox/
• http://willhaley.com/willhaley/blog/create-a-custom-debian-live-environment/
• https://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/how-to-build-a-debian-livecd/
• http://www.opengeeks.me/2015/04/building-an-hybrid-debian-live-iso-with-xorriso/
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootToRAM
• https://wiki.debian.org/ReduceDebian

Release checklist

• Can you watch youtube video over wireless connection?

Alternatives

• http://porteus.org/
• DebianDog