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Re: Various options in Debian Live



Kali Linux apparently has an EFI capable version of Live Build based on the current 2015 version.
http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/l/live-build/
live-build_20151215kali3_all.deb
My intent was to try it out this weekend but my plans have changed due to the house I live in being on the market. I won't be able to get to it until Tuesday at the earliest now.

On 29 January 2016 at 22:18, <ftoledo@docksud.com.ar> wrote:
28 de enero del 2016 23:25, "Michael ." <keltoiboy@gmail.com> escribió:
> I have saved a copy of Debian Live to my own github account to take a look at and have found some
> things that I never knew existed so I thought I'd ask about them and if they are usable. I also
> have some other questions relating to config settings.
>
> 1. In /usr/lib/live/build/config I have found an option "if [ "${LB_DERIVATIVE}" = "true" ]" yet I
> have, that I can remember, never seen it mentioned in any documentation. Where is the actual
> setting for this?
>
> 2. The options
> # $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BOOTSTRAP: set parent mirror to bootstrap from
> # $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_CHROOT: set parent mirror to fetch packages from
> # $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BINARY: set parent mirror which ends up in the image
> # $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_DEBIAN_INSTALLER: set debian-installer parent mirror
> # $LB_MIRROR_BOOTSTRAP: set mirror to bootstrap from
> # $LB_MIRROR_CHROOT: set mirror to fetch packages from
> # $LB_MIRROR_BINARY: set mirror which ends up in the image
> # $LB_MIRROR_DEBIAN_INSTALLER: set debian-installer mirror
> all default, and I assume are hard coded, to http://ftp.debian.org/debian/. I would like to change
> the hard coding to http://http.debian.net/debian/ so the download is automatically from the
> closest-fastest mirror but I am unsure what files contain these options coded into them.
>
> FYI I am doing this to see if I can maintain live-build for my own purposes. My intent is to apply
> patches that have already been offered, if I can find them, in order to increase live-build's
> usability on EFI machines etc. I also intend to make kernel options easier to work with so I can
> choose either stable, backported, or even Liquorix kernel depending on my needs at the time.
>
> All relevant replies greatly appreciated.
> Cheers.
> Michael.

I am interested on the uefi support. Please send news to the mailinglist if you work on this.
thanks!


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