All -> Development -> Boot/Live CD Creators
All -> Utilities -> Boot/Live CD Creators

dfsbuild

Not Rated
Description
Debian From Scratch (DFS) is a live bootable CD that is designed to provide a fully-featured kernel and a fully-featured rescue environment. The rescue environment contains filesystem tools, editors, C development environment, etc.

dfsbuild is the program used to create the DFS CD image. It is highly configurable and can be used to create other custom bootable CD or DVD images. You can use dfsbuild to do something as simple as building a DFS CD with a custom kernel. Or, you can customize the CD to include a completely different set of packages.

dfsbuild works by obtaining packages from your nearest Debian mirror. It will generate an ISO image that contains a bootable Debian system generated by installing those packages. Also, it can place all the .debs and files needed by cdebootstrap in the image. Thus, the generated image can be used to install the base Debian system on a PC as well.

On i386 and amd64 platforms, dfsbuild supports the Grub bootloader.

On Alpha, dfsbuild supports the aboot bootloader.

On PowerPC, dfsbuild supports the yaboot bootloader.
Home Page: http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/
Interface: Command Line
Associated Programs
GRUB Boot Loader GRand Unified Bootloader
mkisofs Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
reprepro Debian package repository producer
Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)
Debian 32-bit
sarge 0.6.17
etch 0.99.3
lenny 1.0.1
sid 1.0.2.0

Ubuntu 32-bit
dapper 0.6.21
edgy 0.99.1
feisty 0.99.2
gutsy 1.0.1
hardy 1.0.2.0

InstallInstall Now (what is this?)
Rating: Not Rated (0 votes)


Login or Register to rate dfsbuild, add a Tag, or designate as an alternative to a Windows app

Upload Screenshots
Images must be in GIF, JPG, or PNG formats and can be no larger than 2 MB. Only one file can be uploaded at a time. A description can be included, but it is optional.
Desc:
File:
You must login or register to upload a screenshot.
Submit Web Links
Submit the title and link (including http://) to an article pertaining to dfsbuild and it will appear in the Web Links section of the right banner. Contact us here if an entry needs to be removed.
Title:
Link:
You must login or register to post links.

» login or register to write a review