Yes, the "clean" is very important between "build" runs. Sometimes, you even have to use "--purge". Btw... do you use git or some form of version control? Without that, the build/learning process is not really tractable.
Regarding live working examples... Yes, I agree. The manual has a lot of information. Something like a step-by-step walk through would be very helpful. I have been planning on writing up a "practical build guide" for a while now. In any case, having been there myself, I'd be happy to help out if you run into any problems. Cheers! ________________________________ From: Reid Rivenburgh <rivenbu...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:55 AM To: Anindya Chaudhuri <anindy...@hotmail.com> Cc: debian-live@lists.debian.org <debian-live@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Using preseed.cfg with installer? Thank you for the response. Since my email, I have come to that conclusion as well. I've had a bit of an adventure trying various things and maybe not cleaning my environment properly between attempts. Perhaps the documentation could more explicitly state that? As someone new to this, I find the distinctions between the various modes and what happens when a bit confusing. It is a very useful tool, though! On Wed, Jun 8, 2022, 10:32 AM Anindya Chaudhuri <anindy...@hotmail.com<mailto:anindy...@hotmail.com>> wrote: The location config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg should work. Can you share your preseed.cfg and auto/config files? ________________________________ From: Reid Rivenburgh <rivenbu...@gmail.com<mailto:rivenbu...@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 5:23 AM To: debian-live@lists.debian.org<mailto:debian-live@lists.debian.org> <debian-live@lists.debian.org<mailto:debian-live@lists.debian.org>> Subject: Using preseed.cfg with installer? Hi. This is my first attempt to build a custom .iso, and I figured live build is a good way to go about it. I'm to the point of getting all of the packages and extra files included in the .iso. What I can't seem to get working now is the preseed.cfg file. (Again, I haven't used that before, either.) I've created a preseed.cfg file with appropriate settings, but the installer still prompts me for various things like language and keyboard. I've tried putting the preseed.cfg file in config/includes.installer/, config/preseed/, and config/binary_debian-installer/. I've also tried naming it config/preseed/preseed.cfg.chroot and preseed.cfg.binary. I tried using the command line flag to config, like so: --debian-installer-preseedfile config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg Any ideas what I'm doing wrong...? TIA, Reid
