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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 'offline' folder in the system's /home directory: | + | a. Create 'offline' folder in the home directory: |
| sudo mkdir -p /home/offline | sudo mkdir -p /home/offline | ||
| - | 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 /home/offline | sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/offline | ||
| (change $USER to your user name) | (change $USER to your user name) | ||
| - | c. Download deb packages from Debian repository (testing if you build Sparky based on Debian 'testing'; or stable if you build Sparky based on Debian 'stable'): | + | c. Download deb packages from Debian repository (testing versions if you build Sparky based on Debian 'testing'; or stable versions if you build Sparky based on Debian 'stable'): |
| 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-amd64-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1 | 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-amd64-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1 | ||
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| 32bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, grub-efi-ia32-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1 | 32bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, grub-efi-ia32-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1 | ||
| - | and place them in the /home/offline folder. | + | and place them inside the /home/offline folder. |
| - | 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 before building the new iso. |
| ==== Tip 3 ==== | ==== Tip 3 ==== | ||
| - | Do not place much stuff in the /etc/skel directory. It breaks the live system user configuration and it won't start. | + | Do not place much stuff in the /etc/skel directory. It breaks the live system user configuration and it will not boot properly. |
| The best way is to move only your desktop config files (if any) to the skel. | The best way is to move only your desktop config files (if any) to the skel. | ||
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| ==== Tip 4 ==== | ==== Tip 4 ==== | ||
| - | If your machine is a few (or more) years old, and can't handle with strong 'xz' compresssion, change it to 'gz'. It works faster, but creates 20-30 % bigger iso image than using 'xz'. | + | If your machine is a few (or more) years old, and can't handle with strong 'xz' compression, change it to 'gz'. It works faster, but creates 20-30 % bigger iso image than using 'xz'. |
| 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, but **NOT** in your /home - it will be not copied to the new iso directory. | + | Used personal stuff for customization (wallpapers, themes, icons, etc.) have to be placed in system directories, but **NOT** in your /home - it will be not copied to the new iso directory. |
| Put your stuff in dirs, such as: | Put your stuff in dirs, such as: | ||
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| sudo apt-get autoremove | sudo apt-get autoremove | ||
| sudo apt-get clean | sudo apt-get clean | ||
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| + | or | ||
| + | sudo spb cache | ||
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