Simple default ISO generation fails
Hi all,
I can't successfully create an ISO from a fresh install of live-build. I
set up a new virtual machine in KVM and installed standard Debian
Squeeze using debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso. I then installed
live-build_3.0~a39-1_all.deb.
As root in the VM, I did "lb config", then "lb build". This produced an
ISO that wouldn't get past the initial screen with the choice to enter
the live system. Knowing why this happened, I placed a binary hook
called kernel.binary (yes, it's executable) into config/hooks which
renames vmlinuz and initrd.img:
#!/bin/sh
mv binary/live/vmlinuz-* binary/live/vmlinuz || true
mv binary/live/initrd.img-* binary/live/initrd.img || true
This is a script Daniel Baumann pointed out to me a few months ago.
After that, I did an lb clean && lb build. I would expect the resulting
binary-hybrid.iso to boot into Debian. It didn't.
On running "kvm --cdrom binary-hybrid.iso" as per the 3.x manual, the VM
starts up and allows me to get past the screen with the option to boot
into a live system. As the boot process progresses, I see:
Mount point '/filesystem.squashfs' does not exist. Skipping mount.
Further along, I see:
startpar: service(s) returned failure: udev console-setup live-boot ...
failed!
Obviously none of this should be happening. I couldn't have used a more
stock, new system. And I did nothing else but install the latest
live-build. Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong?
Daniel
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