Re: Re-Brand Debian Name to Custom Distro Name in GRUB on 1st Install
El 3/8/20 a las 13:42, Pak OS escribió:
> It seems that the suggested config works perfectly while OS is
> installed, but not before it. This is how I tested it.
> 1. 1st I tested it on the installed system, and it worked. Just needed
> to run update-grub after the file change. On next boot, Menu showed PakOS.
> 2. However when I chroot into the ISO, using a script, now part of
> PakOS, called Remaster PakOS, I can edit the grub file, but update-grub
> throws an error, saying that PakOS does not exist. The standard line in
> grub file is lsb_release, however running lab_release shows PakOS as OS
> name in Chroot, but update-grub does not result in Grub entry name to
> change to PakOS after fresh install.
>
> Now I am thinking of making a one time boot script to run update-grub on
> 1st boot, so that OS name is changed after 1st boot, however, this will
> need sudo, which can be a pain to setup in a boot script.
>
> Hope anyone can suggest a cleaner method.
Grub use lsb-releae to get the distro name also you can override
/etc/os-release, /etc/lsb-release and /etc/dpkg/origins/your_distro
most of these files came from base-files.
You can override base-files package, but you must to stay tuned when
debian base-file are update too.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 18:17 Guillermo Sosa <arquitectogs@gmail.com
> <mailto:arquitectogs@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello Pakos !!!
> / etc / default / grub
> GRUB_DEFAULT = 0
> GRUB_TIMEOUT = 60
> *GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR = 'Pak OS'*
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "quiet splash"
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX = ""
>
> Luck
> Gillermo Sosa
> www.auxtral.com.ar <http://www.auxtral.com.ar>
>
>
> El lun., 3 ago. 2020 a las 10:04, Pak OS (<gsm.pakos@gmail.com
> <mailto:gsm.pakos@gmail.com>>) escribió:
>
> Hello All,
> I have been trying to change name of my custom Distro from
> Debian as per these guidelines:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Guidelines#De-.2FRe-branding
>
> However despite changing output of lsb-release, /etc/issue and
> related files , when ever I do a fresh install of my OS, its
> always Debain.
> However, if I install a new OS on another partition, my old
> installed OS is correctly reconginez as PakOS(name of my custom
> Distro).
> Please help, any idea where Grub is getting Debian name on 1st
> time installation.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> gSM
>
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