How to make a custom ISO image: Difference between revisions

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ISO remastering

There are scripts to re-build completely custom images, like

alpine-make-vm-image

and the original

mkimg.

If you want to make a customized installer, you need to create .default_boot_services which will cause mkinitfs to create the defaults for the live image.

An alternative

It's possible to commit and load ISO image customizations to and from a writable storage.

Booting an ISO image with local customizations

From a dedicated boot media, obviously.
Directly_booting_an_ISO_file

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-One way to completely re-build custom images is to use a script like [https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-vm-image alpine-make-vm-image].
+== ISO remastering ==
-* If you want to make a customized installer, you need to create <code>.default_boot_services</code> which will cause <code>mkinitfs</code> to create the defaults for the live image.
+There are scripts to re-build completely custom images, like
+* [https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-vm-image alpine-make-vm-image]
+and the original
+* [[How_to_make_a_custom_ISO_image_with_mkimage|mkimg]].
-But there is also an alternative:
+If you want to make a customized installer, you need to create <code>.default_boot_services</code> which will cause <code>mkinitfs</code> to create the defaults for the live image.
+== An alternative ==
+It's possible to [[Alpine_local_backup#|commit and load ISO image customizations]] to and from a writable storage.
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 == Booting an ISO image with local customizations ==
-* From dedicated boot media, obviously.
+* From a dedicated boot media, obviously.
-* '''(Example included:)''' Booting and customizing an ISO image with an .apkovl in a [[Qemu#Live_mode| Qemu]] virtual machine.
+* [[Directly_booting_an_ISO_file]]
-* Using e.g. Debian's grub-imageboot package and booting .iso files directly, instead of partitions.
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