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ISOMAKER(1)

Brendan Sleight <morphix@barwap.spam_removed.com>

NAME

isomaker - Creates a morphix base or morphix main module, using template files

SYNOPSIS

isomaker -b basemod.xml [-c] [-m mainmod.xml] [-m mainmod2.xml] [[-r repository [-p package1] [-p package2]] [-t tarball] output.iso

DESCRIPTION

This tool uses mmaker to generate a Morphix iso from scratch, using one basemodule template, and arbitrary number of mainmodule templates and optionally extra dpkg-deb-extracted deb/udeb packages

OPTIONS

-b basemod.xml
Base module template used to build output.iso
-c
Clean temporary directories.
-m mainmod.xml
Main module template to include in output.iso
-r repository

Specify repository for deb/udeb packages to include on iso

-p package1
Packages to be included on iso
-t tarball
tarball to be included on iso.
-g tarball.tar.gz
Use a local debian bootstrap, rather than download from repository.

USAGE

In order for the live CD to actually be bootable, add the following packages, using the morphix udeb archive (-r http://www.morphix.org/debian)

  • grub-gfxboot-iso-udeb
  • morphix-grub-menulist-udeb
  • morphix-iso-grubtheme

Additional udebs (you probably want them)

  • morphix-cdrom-misc-udeb

isomaker currently doesn't remove the working directories automatically, unless -c is used. do a rm -rf /tmp/libmorphix* afterwards to clean up… ($TEMP/libmorphix* if TEMP set)

Your kernel needs to be able to loop-mount filesystems modprobe loop before building to enable this, if loop is compiled as a module

EXAMPLES

Build a Morphix LiveCD with a single command
isomaker -b ../templates/basemod-2.6.12-morphest.xml -r http://www.morphix.org/debian -p grub-gfxboot-iso-udeb -p morphix-cdrom-misc-udeb -p morphix-grub-menulist-udeb -p morphix-iso-grubtheme -g /home/ftp/autobuilds/debootstrap.tar.gz /home/ftp/autobuilds/$BUILDNAME-$BUILDTIME.iso

SECURITY

Needs to be run as root or via sudo. So has security implications.

NOTES

Morphix is a modular-based liveCD, designed to be easy to modify. The package morphing-tools and morphix-mmaker contains tools to help modify and build morphix-based LiveCDs.

BUGS

Dont panic. If you find one, report it to us, but please make sure you have read all of the documentation first. We have assumed that you have cloop device and have installed the packages morphing-tools and morphix-mmaker.

AUTHORS

Written by Alex de Landgraaf and other Morphix developers. Morphix web site. Browse cvs repository[http://sourceforge.net/projects/morphix] and cvs mailing lists for full list of developers and patches submitted.

This man page was written by Brendan Sleight using asciidoc

SEE ALSO

addtoiso, install2mainmod, isomaker, isomorph, make-iso, make-mini, minimod-gen, mmaker, module-builder, module-extractor, morphmini

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