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[fredx181]

*** How Create your own DebianLive from netinstall and also include porteus-boot style ***

This guide is also on Github Here

Further below are the detailed steps, it may look complicated but in fact it isn't, so here's first the short version:
1) Create a partition dedicated for installing Debian (if you don't have already)
2) Install Debian from netinstall ISO
3) Boot the just installed system, configure as you like
4) Run (in just installed system), the attached script 'mklive' (it will do everything required, end result is a live ISO)

Note: Although DebianDog is similar livesystem (when it's about boot-methods), this guide is not for how to create DebianDog (such as made by saintless or fredx181), that would require much more steps, e.g. further tweaking, make small as possible, configure, adopt some Puppy programs etc...
Therefore explained here how to install LXDE from a Debian netboot install ISO and transform into a live-system, including 'live-boot' (standard DebianLive) and 'porteus-boot'. (ISO size for LXDE Desktop + Firefox + Gnome-mplayer + Deluge + Synaptic and some more: around 475MB (xz compressed filesystem.squashfs))
Assumed is that you have already bootloader grub4dos installed to MBR
(therefore the install instruction at 2): "Continue without bootloader")

There are different ways to accomplish, but I recommend to follow below steps exactly (to avoid confusion).

1) Create a dedicated partition with Gparted on your harddisk by using e.g. a live system, from Puppy, DebianDog or any other.
(I used sda3, but can be sda1, sda2 etc..., Note that the screenshots and the grub4dos example are for sda3, so you need to adjust for the partition you did choose)

2) Install Debian (not all the steps are described detailled here, just some 'tricky' points)
- Download netinstall ISO and burn to CD (or to USB, guides can be found on the net howto do it)
32 bit:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-i386-netinst.iso
64 bit:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso
- Boot from it and choose "Graphical Install"
- Choose as desired: language, keymap, hostname (domain-name can be empty)
- Enter password for 'root' twice, choose name for normal user and enter password twice.
- When it comes to partitioning, choose "Manual"

- Then choose the partition you earlier chose/created in 1) and double click on it

- Then important are:
-- "Use as: ext4 journaling filesystem"
-- "Format the partition Yes format it"
-- "Mount Point /"
So if finally looks like this, select "Done setting up the partition" and continue , confirmation will follow and if you agree select 'yes'

- And more confirmations:


- Choose mirror nearby your country, proxy you can leave blank, popularity test yes/no
- Software Selection, untick all (software: none), we're going to install software later, see 3)

- Next, installing most basic software...
- Grub install, your choice, but recommended (for following the 'grub4dos' part of the guide (example)) is to skip it (I'm using grub4dos myself, already installed to MBR)
- Click "Go Back" on this screen:

- Then select "Continue without bootloader" (confirmation follows)

- Set system-clock to UTC ? yes/no, and installation finished, reboot.
Here's menu.lst example for sda3, change accordingly if you used e.g. sda2

[fredx181]

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[fredx181]

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[Flash]

Does DebianLive have anything to do with Puppy Linux?

[fredx181]

[belham2]

Fred,

Don't worry 'bout Flash....he's still (he!!, we all are) trying to recover from the fundamentally held belief that "intelligence" and being "POTUS" are no longer related to one another. In fact, they are inversely related now

Anyways, good work on the write up....more info enlightens everyone here in Puppy Land..

[dancytron]

Thank you Fred. I am glad this valuable information has been preserved for posterity.

Dan

edit: I went through it and created a LXDE 64 bit (469 meg). I frugally installed it and I am posting from it now.

it works beautifully.

The only issue I found. In the live folder it creates both a jessie-amd64.sgn file and a jessie-i486.sgn file. However, it seems to be looking for a jessie-x86-64.sgn file. I copied the jessie-x86-64.sgn file from my regular install of DD 64 and it booted fine after that.

Great work and thank you again for this.

Dan

[fredx181]

Hi Dan, thanks for testing!

I was gonna say that I tested only with 32 bit (but forgot) , now you did test 64 bit!

[backi]

Hi fred !

If i find the Time and Leisure will give it a try ........
Good to have these instructions......good Job ....!

Thank`s fred !

[dancytron]

No, I deleted the second message. It was about installing without Grub (I missed where you said to use Go Back and instead tried to choose no and go forward.)