I think I had gotten the idea to use "clean --binary", but I was starting to think that maybe "clean --all" might be safer. That might have contributed to my confusion.
I'm not using git at the moment for my process, but I plan to. Currently, I'm just trying to figure things out. The manual does indeed have a lot of info. I mentioned I found some blog posts, and they provided a pretty good step-by-step walkthrough. A starting point, at least. Thanks for the help! On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 9:27 PM Anindya Chaudhuri <anindy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the "clean" is very important between "build" runs. Sometimes, you > even have to use "--purge". Btw... do you use git or some form of version > control? Without that, the build/learning process is not really tractable. > > Regarding live working examples... Yes, I agree. The manual has a lot of > information. Something like a step-by-step walk through would be > very helpful. I have been planning on writing up a "practical build guide" > for a while now. In any case, having been there myself, I'd be happy to > help out if you run into any problems. > > Cheers! > ------------------------------ > *From:* Reid Rivenburgh <rivenbu...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:55 AM > *To:* Anindya Chaudhuri <anindy...@hotmail.com> > *Cc:* debian-live@lists.debian.org <debian-live@lists.debian.org> > *Subject:* Re: Using preseed.cfg with installer? > > Thank you for the response. Since my email, I have come to that conclusion > as well. I've had a bit of an adventure trying various things and maybe > not cleaning my environment properly between attempts. > > Perhaps the documentation could more explicitly state that? As someone new > to this, I find the distinctions between the various modes and what happens > when a bit confusing. It is a very useful tool, though! > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022, 10:32 AM Anindya Chaudhuri <anindy...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > The location config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg should work. Can you > share your preseed.cfg and auto/config files? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Reid Rivenburgh <rivenbu...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, June 6, 2022 5:23 AM > *To:* debian-live@lists.debian.org <debian-live@lists.debian.org> > *Subject:* Using preseed.cfg with installer? > > Hi. This is my first attempt to build a custom .iso, and I figured live > build is a good way to go about it. > > I'm to the point of getting all of the packages and extra files included > in the .iso. What I can't seem to get working now is the preseed.cfg > file. (Again, I haven't used that before, either.) I've created a > preseed.cfg file with appropriate settings, but the installer still prompts > me for various things like language and keyboard. I've tried putting the > preseed.cfg file in config/includes.installer/, config/preseed/, > and config/binary_debian-installer/. I've also tried naming it > config/preseed/preseed.cfg.chroot and preseed.cfg.binary. I tried using > the command line flag to config, like so: > > --debian-installer-preseedfile config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg > > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong...? > > TIA, > Reid > >
