installbox/README_ISO.md

Making of the Installbox ISO

This is how the ISO for the installbox can be created on a Debian host system.

su -
apt install -y bsdtar genisoimage syslinux-utils
cd ~
rm -rf iso
mkdir iso
wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/10.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso
bsdtar -C iso -xf firmware-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

For Legacy Systems

Edit iso/isolinux/txt.cfg. Change the keyboard layout reflecting your hardware. If you have forked the repository, please make sure to adopt the path to the preseed file accordingly.

-         append vga=788 initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz --- quiet
+        append vga=788 initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz url=https://notabug.org/LiohMoeller/installbox/raw/master/preseed.cfg locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=ch ipv6.disable=1 debconf_debug=5 netcfg/get_domain=domain.example netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 netcfg/get_hostname=installbox --- quiet

Edit iso/isolinux/gtk.cfg. Same here. Adopt if you have forked the repository.

-         append vga=788 initrd=/install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz --- quiet
+        append vga=788 initrd=/install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz url=https://notabug.org/LiohMoeller/installbox/raw/master/preseed.cfg locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=ch ipv6.disable=1 debconf_debug=5 netcfg/get_domain=domain.example netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 netcfg/get_hostname=installbox --- quiet

For UEFI Systems

Edit iso/boot/grub/grub.cfg and change the following line in the Install menu entry. Change the keyboard layout reflecting your hardware. If you have forked the repository, please make sure to adopt the path to the preseed file accordingly.

-         linux    /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet
+        linux    /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz url=https://notabug.org/LiohMoeller/installbox/raw/master/preseed.cfg locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=ch ipv6.disable=1 debconf_debug=5 netcfg/get_domain=domain.example netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 netcfg/get_hostname=installbox --- quiet

cd iso; md5sum `find ! -name "md5sum.txt" ! -path "./isolinux/*" -follow -type f` > md5sum.txt; cd ..
genisoimage -o debian-installbox-amd64.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./iso
isohybrid debian-installbox-amd64.iso

If you are working on a fork, change the git url at the end of the preseed.cfg file. The puppet folder also contains a script within modules/puppet/files called applypuppet. This script has the same content as applypuppet.txt in the git root. Modify the git url to point to your forked repository.