This is a Vagrant Environment for creating custom Debian Live ISO images.

Usage

Install the Base Debian Vagrant Box.

Install the required Vagrant plugins:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-triggers # see https://github.com/emyl/vagrant-triggers

Run vagrant up builder to launch the debian live builder. This will build the ISO image and copy it to the current directory as live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso.

Run vagrant up bios to boot the generated ISO in BIOS mode.

Run vagrant up efi to boot the generated ISO in EFI mode.

To build a netboot image, set the LB_BUILD_TYPE environment variable to netboot before launching vagrant, e.g. LB_BUILD_TYPE=netboot vagrant up builder. This will build the netboot image and copy it to the current directory as live-image-amd64.netboot.tar.

Burning the ISO file to a USB pen/disk drive

Use Etcher to burn the generated live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso file to a device (e.g. sdd), or use the following commands:

sudo su -l # enter a root shell
cp live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso /dev/sdd
sync
echo 1 >/sys/block/sdd/device/rescan
fdisk -u -l /dev/sdd
lsblk /dev/sdd
mkdir -p /mnt/sdd1
mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/sdd1
(cd /mnt/sdd1 && md5sum --quiet --check md5sum.txt)
umount /mnt/sdd1
eject /dev/sdd

Reference

• Live Systems Manual
• Debian Live Developer Information
• Debian Live Wiki: Information about the Debian Live team and its contacts.