Re: Creating a custom Debian build

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 9/1/25 01:52, Tom Browder wrote:
> In discussions about my previous email on configuring new drives it was
> mentioned that custum builds of Debian can be done with preseeding and
> other tools. 

Debian has alot of docs like:

https://wiki.debian.org/ManipulatingISOs#Remaster_an_Installation_Image
https://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootDisklessSystem
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/amd64/ch04s06.en.html

I suggest to test your preseed file in a VM.

If you go the PXE booting way, using Ansible or alike to change the root 
and regular PWDs after installation might not be a bad idea.

Maybe use a SSH public key in your preseed file and disable SSH PWD auth..

HTH.

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John Doe