Linux

47353 readers

1427 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

178

How to create a bootable Linux USB drive (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

82 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If you want to create fully custom boot images the command debootstick is pretty cool too!

It's essentially a wrapper for debootstrap that creates bootable images. It can create both live and installer images.

qemu-debootstrap is also super useful if you want to customize and image for a different architecture (for example building custom RPi images).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

qrmu-debootstrap is also super useful if you want to customize and image for a different architecture (for example building custom RPi images).

Super useful information, thanks!

EDIT: Is this anything like the isorespinner.sh? I've previously used that to get Linux on an RCA Cambio W101 because it needed a fancy ISO since it has a 32-bit bootloader and a 64-bit CPU.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I believe the script you are talking about repackages an existing iso. Debootstick builds one from scratch by pulling all the necessary packages from the repository.

For the underlying process of creating this image it uses debootstrap which is the standard Debian way of creating a full system installation (minus the whole bootloader and iso shenanigans). Debootstick allows most options from debootstrap (aka selecting a distro, release, mirror, extra packages, etc).