On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:10:05 +0100 Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net> wrote: > Hello, > > we wrote some software to generate customized Debian rootfilesystem > images. The project is called ELBE and is available as open-source > (GPLv3) [1]. *Another debootstrap wrapper* ?? Please no. > > ELBE uses debootstrap, python-apt, qemu-user-static & chroot, > mtd-utils and python-parted to generate target images. Currently > amd64, armel, armhf and i386 are tested successfully. There was a session at DebConf15 which identified about 15 existing wrappers that do much the same thing already. > I'm quite sure, a lot of people wrote scripts for doing this. ... and packages already in Debian. > To ensure that the same target image can be generated again, the > target image generation is done in a defined Debian installation, > typically running in KVM. We call this machine 'initvm'. The > installation of the initvm is automated by a generated preseeding for > the debian-installer. Multiple target images can be generated on the > same initvm. > > To generate the target image, that is described by [2] just type: > > $ elbe initvm create x86_64-pc-hdimg-minimal-grub-jessie.xml ... or create config for one of the existing packages - my own recommendation would be vmdebootstrap - it has QEMU/multiple arch support. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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