Creating Custom Built Debian 6 (Squeeze)

There is a well documented official way to create standard Debian CDs. However, sometimes it is nice to have a CD or DVD which just contains a subset of Debian Packages to fit personal needs. The following script is made for creation of such a CD image. By default, it fetches all packages installed on the local computer from the configured apt package sources.

Download the Shell Script from here-

make-debian-cd

Bevor running the script make sure all packages installed on your system are available for apt-get. If in doubt update the package repository and clear the apt cache by running

# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get clean

Call the script with the -h flag to get all avaliable options:

$ ./make-debian-cd.sh -h

Usage: make-debian-cd.sh [Options]

Options:

-i Image name [debian-squeeze-20110528]
-c CD-Rom mount point [/media/cdrom0]
-s Selection [localhost]
-v Installer version [current]
-m Install dir medium [network]
-d Debian mirror [http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian]
-e Path to extra packages [.]
-a List of additional packages (Comma separated)
-O Don't use override files
-I Don't include install dir
-M Don't create CD image
-V Verify CD image size before making the image

Selection may be a text file generated by "dpkg –get-selections".

Examples

Example 1
Create an Debian installer CD image which contains all currently installed packages:

$ ./make-debian-cd-etch.sh

Note that the CD Rom will contain packages you probably would not install on a typical workstation or server, such as base-config and debootstrap.

Example 2

Fetch the installer packages from CD-Rom instead of network mirror. Add all local packages found in the root of the specified directory:

$ ./make-debian-cd.sh -m cdrom -e /home/debian/my-favorites-debs/

Example 3

Fetch the installer packages from CD-Rom instead of network mirror. Don't include the override files from the network mirror. Thus do not use the network at all while creating the CD-Rom image.

$ ./make-debian-cd.sh -m cdrom -O

Example 4
Do not include the installer packages. Prefer a local debian mirror to fetch the override files from.

$ ./make-debian-cd-etch.sh -I -d http://local-debian-mirror/debian/

Example 5
Collect packages for several other hosts instead of the local one. Selection has been made by typing dpkg-get-selections on all hosts and combining it (uniq -s). Add extra packages not on the list.

$ ./make-debian-cd.sh -s packages-all-hosts.txt -a pcmcia-cs,xteddy

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