====== Introduction ======

This article describes how to build your own ubuntu/debian distribution.

== Links ==
  * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch]]

== Hardware used : ==
  * Roboard RB-100 : [[http://www.roboard.com/RB-100.htm]]
  * USB Key or SD card
  * A desktop PC running Ubuntu >= 12.04
  * An internet connection.

== Downloads : ==
  * {{:make_distro.tar.gz|}}
  * [[http://www.roboard.com/Files/RB-100/linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.zip|Kernel from DMP]]
====== Dependencies ======

<code>$ sudo apt-get install realpath whois qemu-kvm-extras-static squashfs-tools extlinux mbr</code>

====== Usage ======

<code>$ ./make_distro.sh -h
This script build custom Ubuntu/Debian distributions.

./make_distro.sh [-h] [-a <action>] [-d <path>] [-o <deb_packages>] [-p <packages>] [-t <target>] [-u <unwanted_packages>] [-v] [-r]

Options:
        -a <action>             Action : install or uninstall.
        -b <device>             Target device
        -h                      Display this help message
        -d <path>               Bootstrap path
        -o <deb_packages>       .deb packages not in distro. Use ',' as separator.
        -p <packages>           Distro packages to use. Use ',' as separator.
        -t target               Target achitecture (same as host by default)
        -u <unwanted_packages>  Packages to remove after bootstrap.
        -v                      Verbose mode
        -r                      Read only distro</code>

You can customize other options by editing the script :

<code bash>ARCH=i386
DEBIAN_DISTRO=ubuntu
DEBIAN_VERSION=precise</code>
====== Example ======

<code>sudo ./make_distro.sh -a install -p ubuntu-standard,linux-generic -o linux-image-2.6.34.10-vortex86-sg_1.2_i386.deb -b /dev/mmcblk0</code>