Questions from a new Debian Live Build user

[Lucas Krupinski <lucasjkr@me.com>]

Hello,

I’ve been experimenting with Live Build lately, and am now building my new images successfully for the most part. I do have a couple of questions, though:

1) When I use lb config to install the Debian installer, and then try to launch the installer from the Live Build, I get an error that the kernel versions of my live and normal builds don’t match. I thought the benefit of Live Build is that its a repeatable process, but some how I’m ending up with two different kernels?

2) I’ve since abandoned trying to be able to install from the boot screen, have installed Calamares to do the installation, and its’ working great.

3) My next question is: I understand that Calamares installs the live image, whereas the Debian installer installs the “normal” image. If I’m only using Calamares, should I be using any “normal” hooks, or is it just adding time to the build if I’m replicating my steps between live and normal?

Thank you!
Lucas