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| The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again. | The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again. | ||
| - | you have to remove some stuff from the system and try again. | + | you have to remove/ |
| ==== Tip 2 ==== | ==== Tip 2 ==== | ||
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| The tool builds BIOS compatible iso system as default. If you would like to build the iso image which will be BIOS and UEFI compatible, you have to: | The tool builds BIOS compatible iso system as default. If you would like to build the iso image which will be BIOS and UEFI compatible, you have to: | ||
| - | a. Create ' | + | a. Create ' |
| sudo mkdir -p / | sudo mkdir -p / | ||
| - | b. Change the folder owner to you (an option, can be managed as root): | + | b. Change the folder owner to you (as option, can be managed as root): |
| sudo chown -R $USER:$USER / | sudo chown -R $USER:$USER / | ||
| (change $USER to your user name) | (change $USER to your user name) | ||
| - | c. Download deb packages from Debian ' | + | c. Download deb packages from Debian repository (testing versions if you build Sparky based on Debian ' |
| 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, | 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, | ||
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| 32bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, | 32bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, | ||
| - | and place them in the / | + | and place them inside |
| - | Make sure that the placed debs are in the same versions as available by APT before building the new iso. | + | Make sure that the placed debs are in the same versions as installed in your system |
| ==== Tip 3 ==== | ==== Tip 3 ==== | ||
| - | Do not place much stuff in the /etc/skel directory. It breaks the live system and it won't start. | + | Do not place much stuff in the /etc/skel directory. It breaks the live system |
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| + | The best way is to move only your desktop config files (if any) to the skel. | ||
| ==== Tip 4 ==== | ==== Tip 4 ==== | ||
| - | If your machine is a few (or more) years old, and can't handle with strong ' | + | If your machine is a few (or more) years old, and can't handle with strong ' |
| To change compression type, edit the configuration file (by any text editor): | To change compression type, edit the configuration file (by any text editor): | ||
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| - | === Tip 5 === | + | ==== Tip 5 ==== |
| - | Used personal stuff for customization (wallpaers, themes, etc.) have to be placed in system directories, | + | Used personal stuff for customization (wallpapers, themes, icons, etc.) have to be placed in system directories, |
| Put your stuff in dirs, such as: | Put your stuff in dirs, such as: | ||
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| / | / | ||
| + | ==== Tip 6 ==== | ||
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| + | Clean the APT cache before creating new iso image, to reduce the iso size: | ||
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| + | sudo apt-get autoremove | ||
| + | sudo apt-get clean | ||
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| + | or | ||
| + | sudo spb cache | ||
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