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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 third party scripts to re-build completely custom images, like
* [https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-vm-image alpine-make-vm-image]
(works to only make a disk based VM image)


But there is also an alternative:
and there is Alpine's original
* [[How_to_make_a_custom_ISO_image_with_mkimage|mkimg]].
(creates a diskless ISO file - usually what you want for QEMU and Proxmox)
 
 
 
== An alternative ==
 
It's also possible to commit and load ISO image customizations to and from a writable partition when booting in [[Installation#Diskless_Mode|Diskless Mode]].




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== Booting an ISO image with local customizations ==
== Booting an ISO image with local customizations ==


* From dedicated boot media, obviously.
* [[Directly booting an ISO file]]
* '''(Example included:)''' Booting and customizing an ISO image with an .apkovl in a [[Qemu#Live_mode| Qemu]] virtual machine.
* Using e.g. Debian's grub-imageboot package and booting .iso files directly, instead of partitions.


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Latest revision as of 04:29, 12 January 2024

ISO remastering

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

(works to only make a disk based VM image)

and there is Alpine's original

(creates a diskless ISO file - usually what you want for QEMU and Proxmox)


An alternative

It's also possible to commit and load ISO image customizations to and from a writable partition when booting in Diskless Mode.


Booting an ISO image with local customizations