How to create a custom Live CD/DVD with reconstructor
From hacktolive.org
===>This tutorial is outdated and only applies to version 2.x of reconstructor<===
This is mainly a summary of what you need to create a customized Live CD/DVD with reconstructor
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Requirements
- PC with Ubuntu or Debian-based system (you can use a Virtual Machine)
- Reconstructor. You can download it here: http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Reconstructor
- Some free space (5-8 GB)
- Ubuntu CD (or an Ubuntu ISO)
How to do it
- Download and install reconstructor (just see the link above)
- Open reconstructor
- Enter your password
- Choose the type of CD
- Select all the boxes
- Select the original Ubuntu ISO in the appropriate box (or just leave it blank and insert an Ubuntu CD)
- Click Next
- Now comes the tricky part... You can use the tools provided by reconstructor to install software and modify the system, but the real power comes from the access to the "chroot terminal", here you can do ALMOST anything you could do on a real Ubuntu system. To open the terminal just click the little button next to the words "terminal:"
- Do all the customization you want do do...
- Reboot you PC (required to properly "unmount" some stuff that was mounted by the chroot)
- Open reconstructor again, etc...
- Build the ISO
- Fix a small problem with the md5sum.txt in reconstructor
- Test your new Live CD/DVD!
Tips
- To access the "root" of the system you are customizing, just go to:
~/reconstructor/root
(note that you must be root to be able to modify that folder, see: root nautilus)
