how can i make an iso image from my distro?

Mhannysabbagh · April 17, 2011, 8:07pm

hi all.

i am a new user on opensuse 11.4, i want to make an iso image from my current distro without my personal data,to share it with my Friends,just like “remastersys” program on Ubuntu,how can i do this?
but please use a simple Language,because i am a Arabic user and i do not speak English very well.

thanks.

john_hudson · April 17, 2011, 9:31pm

Welcome to the forums. Glad to hear you are so enthusiastic about openSUSE that you want to share it.

However, you cannot do this because the system you created during the installation is tailored precisely to your hardware and will not run on any other hardware. Assuming you used an openSUSE Live-CD to install your system, just give you friends a copy of that CD.

Or, if they do not have fast broadband connections, get someone who has to download the DVD and then copy that for your friends. They may still have to download a few things but most will be on the DVD.

Mhannysabbagh · April 17, 2011, 9:41pm

Welcome to the forums. Glad to hear you are so enthusiastic about openSUSE that you want to share it.

However, you cannot do this because the system you created during the installation is tailored precisely to your hardware and will not run on any other hardware. Assuming you used an openSUSE Live-CD to install your system, just give you friends a copy of that CD.

Or, if they do not have fast broadband connections, get someone who has to download the DVD and then copy that for your friends. They may still have to download a few things but most will be on the DVD.

thank you very much.

but the distro i make has got a lot of updated packages and tools and improvements that it is not on the live cd or DVD!
is there anyway or script to make the iso image with no problems at the hardware ?because my friends need a complete distro!(will they are not friends Literally,they are the arabic users,the distro i make is for them all!)

thanks.

martin_helm · April 17, 2011, 11:05pm

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
>> Welcome to the forums. Glad to hear you are so enthusiastic about
>> openSUSE that you want to share it.
>>
>> However, you cannot do this because the system you created during the
>> installation is tailored precisely to your hardware and will not run on
>> any other hardware. Assuming you used an openSUSE Live-CD to install
>> your system, just give you friends a copy of that CD.
>>
>> Or, if they do not have fast broadband connections, get someone who has
>> to download the DVD and then copy that for your friends. They may still
>> have to download a few things but most will be on the DVD.
> thank you very much.
>
> but the distro i make has got a lot of updated packages and tools and
> improvements that it is not on the live cd or DVD!
> is there anyway or script to make the iso image with no problems at the
> hardware ?because my friends need a complete distro!(will they are not
> friends Literally,they are the arabic users,the distro i make is for
> them all!)
>
> thanks.
>
Install the package yast2-product-creator and have a look at it (it appears
in yast of course and its name is product creator).
Take a look at kiwi if you like that more.
Take a look at openSUSE studio at http://susestudio.com/

robin_listas · April 18, 2011, 1:33am

On 2011-04-17 20:36, Mhannysabbagh wrote:
>
> hi all.
>
> i am a new user on opensuse 11.4, i want to make an iso image from my
> current distro without my personal data,to share it with my Friends,just
> like “remastersys” program on Ubuntu,how can i do this?
> but please use a simple Language,because i am a Arabic user and i do
> not speak English very well.

You can do a backup of your system to a bootable dvd with Mondo Rescue, I
think.

The classical “susified” method is “autoyast”. Basically is a list of
packages in an xml file, and rules for duplication, I think, which the
installation DVD can read automatically somehow.

But you would also need to make at least a copy of the update repo on
another dvd or sub disk, or an installation server, to avoid having to
download all the updates from internet.

Another interesting tool I haven’t experimented with is product creator and
image creator (kiwi).

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

chief_sealth · April 18, 2011, 3:11am

Check out SUSE Studio. You can build a custom live appliance, based on your own system if you wish.

Welcome – SUSE Studio

Mhannysabbagh · April 18, 2011, 6:40am

thank you all,i will try these solutions.
thanks.

Mhannysabbagh · April 20, 2011, 10:38pm

ok, i have tried yast2-product-creator but when i try to build the iso image i got this:
SUSE Paste
what is the problem??
thanks.

martin_helm · April 20, 2011, 11:25pm

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
> ok, i have tried yast2-product-creator but when i try to build the iso
> image i got this:
> ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/49528949)
> what is the problem??
> thanks.
>
The product creator can obviously not read the cd/dvd you used as one of the
repositories


Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid
repository.
Problem reading data from 'cd:___?devices=_dev_disk_by-id_ata-
TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SH-S203D' media

Mhannysabbagh · April 20, 2011, 11:59pm

martin_helm:

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
> ok, i have tried yast2-product-creator but when i try to build the iso
> image i got this:
> ‘SUSE Paste’ (SUSE Paste)
> what is the problem??
> thanks.
>
The product creator can obviously not read the cd/dvd you used as one of the
repositories
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid
repository.
Problem reading data from 'cd:___?devices=_dev_disk_by-id_ata-
TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SH-S203D' media
–
PC: oS 11.3 64 bit | Intel Core2 Quad Q8300@2.50GHz | KDE 4.6.1 | GeForce
9600 GT | 4GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.6.0 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram

thank you for that, i fixed the problems from the repos.
thanks.

Mhannysabbagh · April 27, 2011, 1:06pm

ok,yast2-product-creator did not work fine with me,there was many errors!

Check out SUSE Studio. You can build a custom live appliance, based on your own system if you wish.

Welcome – SUSE Studio

and how can i exactly do this??
thanks.

martin_helm · April 27, 2011, 2:15pm

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
> ok,yast2-product-creator did not work fine with me,there was many
> errors! :’(
Maybe I missed this, are these errors different from the one with the cd
repository?

>> Welcome – SUSE Studio
> and how can i exactly do this??
> thanks.
>
Just start a new thread in the suse-studio forum. Visit the suse studio
home page and create a suse studio account before if you have not yet done
it.

Mhannysabbagh · April 27, 2011, 2:54pm

Maybe I missed this, are these errors different from the one with the cd
repository?

yes they are,and they are many…

Just start a new thread in the suse-studio forum. Visit the suse studio
home page and create a suse studio account before if you have not yet done
it.

ok,i will do this.
thanks.

Mhannysabbagh · April 27, 2011, 8:20pm

ok,looks like i have to use’yast2-product-creator’ because i didn’t get a Replies in the new post…
anyway,when i try to build the distro i got the following errors:
SUSE Paste
what that suppose to mean now??
thanks.

martin_helm · April 27, 2011, 9:23pm

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
> ok,looks like i have to use’yast2-product-creator’ because i didn’t get
> a Replies in the new post…
I am sure sooner or later you will get replies. Don’t worry.

> anyway,when i try to build the distro i got the following errors:
> ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/89776610)
> what that suppose to mean now??
> thanks.
>
I see as the very first error after a lot of things which went smooth


Retrieving package libcurl4-7.21.4-55.1.i586 (1/80), 165.0 KiB (379.0 KiB
unpacked)
Retrieving: libcurl4-7.21.4-55.1.i586.rpm [error]
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): a
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): a

which seems to indicate that your internet connection was broken.
Everything afterwards seems simply a consequence of the fact at it broke at
this point.

Can you use a local mirror instead of download.opensuse.org?
Is your internet connection reliable? How fast is it?

Mhannysabbagh · April 27, 2011, 10:11pm

Can you use a local mirror instead of download.opensuse.org?

i don’t think so,i depend on “download.opensuse.org” very much…

Is your internet connection reliable? How fast is it?

a few days ago,i bought a new DSL connection,the speed is 50 Kb/s, it is a slow connection…
it is suppose that ‘yast2-product-creator’ build the iso. locally!not using the internet!right?
thanks.

martin_helm · April 27, 2011, 10:46pm

Mhannysabbagh wrote:

>
>> Can you use a local mirror instead of download.opensuse.org?
> i don’t think so,i depend on “download.opensuse.org” very much…
>> Is your internet connection reliable? How fast is it?
> a few days ago,i bought a new DSL connection,the speed is 50 Kb/s, it
> is a slow connection…
> it is suppose that ‘yast2-product-creator’ build the iso. locally!not
> using the internet!right?
> thanks.
>
Of course it builds the iso locally. But you use repositories from the
internet to build the iso’s, so of course it downloads the rpm’s from the
repositories you configured in the product creator, because it needs them to
put into the iso.
If instead you would only choose local repositories (from, dvd, harddisk) it
would not do that. But in most cases you (and I also) do not have all what
you want in the product avilable on the harddisk.

robin_listas · April 27, 2011, 10:50pm

On 2011-04-27 22:36, Mhannysabbagh wrote:
> it is suppose that ‘yast2-product-creator’ build the iso. locally!not
> using the internet!right?

It has to download the packages it uses.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

Mhannysabbagh · April 28, 2011, 9:09pm

ok,now what is the solution?i can’t download all the packages from the repos because there size is very big!and i can’t use a local repositories…
thanks.