定制Ubuntu CD的过程并不复杂,但是她有一些繁琐和过分的讲究。我对这过程的所知并不完美,因此,希望有人可以作适当修改。
安装CD有三个主要部分:
- 启动引导器:(如ISOLINUX用于amd64/i386,yaboot用于powerpc)开机时内核映象的选择与配置;
- Debian安装程序(d-i):其实就是一个特殊的微Ubuntu系统;
- Debian软件库:放在"pool"和"dists"目录,它将占据光盘的大部分空间。
建立这个新的CD就包涵了这三部分的修改。
用"Presseed"文件修改安装行为
当CD启动时,Linux内核就被装载且开始安装任务。安装程序的行为可以用一个"preseed"文件来修改,这些文件给Debian安装程序(d-i)回答如何配置软件包或其它相关的问题。如果您仔细看你的安装CD,您会找到这些选项(例如server,expert,oem)都有对应的preseed文件。
所以,假设您想在一群的相同配置电脑上安装breezy,并且您已经知道安装时必问问题的答案(您所在的国家和时区,您你的键盘布局,您的网络设置,您需要如何分区等等)。您可以通过"preseed"在一简单的配置文件里回答这些问题.
改变isolinux.cfg确定您的preseed
首先,您必须告诉"d-i"找到您的preseed文件的正确位置。在标准的光盘上有个/preseed目录;您可以把您的这些文件放这里。您要修改启动引导器的配置文件/isolinux/isolinux.cfg中的相关内核参数,来告诉"d-i"找到这个文件。我的文件里有下列行:
DEFAULT /install/vmlinuz APPEND preseed/file=/cdrom/preseed/learnexchange.seed kbd-chooser/method=us debian-installer/locale=en_CA vga=normal initrd=/install/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/rd/0 DEBCONF_PRIORITY=critical debconf/priority=critical rw --
"DEFAULT"是指我在boot提示符下直接按回车键装载的内核。APPEND 包涵了要传给内核的参数。preseed/file 是这儿最重要的参数;接着的那两个指出我的键盘布局用及本地为加拿大;DEBCONF_PRIORITY 用来确定我不想看到不必要的配置软件包提问。
根据你的情况小心修改这文件.
写preseed文件
这里有很多实例;看看这个在安装盘里的--server.seed:
d-i base-installer/kernel/linux/extra-packages-2.6 string d-i archive-copier/desktop-task string ubuntu-standard d-i archive-copier/ship-task string base-config base-config/package-selection string ~t^ubuntu-standard$ base-config base-config/language-pack-patterns string language-pack-$LL base-config base-config/install-language-support boolean false
(Note that the version of this file on breezy CD images was buggy: it set base-config/package-selection to "~tubuntu-standard" rather than "~t^ubuntu-standard$". Use the new version in preference; the old one will break with Ubuntu 6.04.)
首先注意格式,有 4 个部分:
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- 取得变量的程序名称
- 答案的变量名
- 变量类型
- 变量值
两个要注意的地方:现在,d-i 期望有精确的类型和值;在breezy这个版本不支持用 \ 来处理多行(新的版本支持)。
我建议您从一些现有的 preseed 来修改--这儿有一个可以用的 点击。 如果您没能在这儿找到,那就试着执行这些命令:
debconf-get-selections --installer > somefile.txt debconf-get-selections >> somefile.txt
这会输出一个您在安装时候作出的选择的列表;这文件相当地长,并且实际上不那么适合用在安装盘里。特别是,NOTE: debconf-get-selections 会在类型和只之间放 2 个空格。您得在把她放在安装盘上以前修改他们。
如果您想让 d-i 安装额外的软件包,或者一个最小的系统,您需要在preseed里修改 "base-config base-config/package-selection"。This should be set to an aptitude pattern; see the aptitude documentation for more information on these. 例如,标准安装一个SSH服务,用这一行:
base-config base-config/package-selection string ~tubuntu-standard$|~t^ubuntu-desktop$|~nopenssh-server$
To install support for additional languages, a different mechanism is available, namely to preseed the detailed locale question asked by the installer in expert mode. See the first column of `/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED` for the locale names you can use here. 例如, 增加孟加拉语和泰米尔语的支持,用这一行:
d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect ba_IN, ta_IN
修改pool目录,增加或删除软件包
也许制定您自己的安装CD的主要原因是想改变所安装软件包;特别是您想增加一些包到CD里。这有好几个方法来做到,不需要完全地理解。最容易的事情是建立一个最小的仓库放您想要增加的包,再在制作光盘镜像文件之前合并到光盘文件体系里。这儿棘手的地方是:制作让Debian软件包管理系统知道这个仓库的相关文件;写一个更高版本的Release文件;并签上 GPG 。下面是我所做的。
- . 选定一个文件目录作为您的工作空间;在这个目录里,
mkdir -p dists/breezy/extras/binary-i386 pool/extras/ isolinux preseed
把您修改过的isolinux.cfg放在目录isolinux/,把您的preseed文件放在目录preseed里。 Put your modified isolinux.cfg in isolinux/, and your preseed file in preseed/.
- . 把您需要的所有额外的包放在目录 pool/extras/ 里。您还需要包括一个新版本的 ubuntu-keyring 包,我将马上解释一下
- . 创建并编辑文件dists/breezy/extras/binary-i386/Release,写入下面的内容:
Archive: breezy Version: 5.10 Component: extras Origin: Ubuntu Label: Ubuntu Architecture: i386
- . 把您做的修改这样合并到CD里:
a. 挂载您下载的官方ISO文件:mount /path/to/iso /some/mountpoint/ -o loop
b. 把光盘里的全部文件拷贝到某个目录(您会需要1到2G的空间);我用rsync:sudo rsync -azvb --delete --backup-dir=/yeowe/usr/cdbuilder/old/ $MOUNT $BUILD
( 这儿的 $MOUNT 是挂载点,$BUILD 是额外的包的目录)
c. 最重要的地方. 我们将用apt-ftparchive工具来产生软件包相关和更高版本的Release文件。我们还要用GPG来签这个Release文件。安装程序会用包ubuntu-keyring 的公匙来检测签名。但是您的签名不一样。所以您得建立一个新版本的 ubuntu-keyring 包。这做起来很容易,但是要确保正确无误。下面是执行的命令:
apt-get source ubuntu-keyring cd ubuntu-keyring--2005.01.11/keyring gpg --import < ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg gpg --list-keys "Your Name" gpg --export FBB75451 437D05B5 YOURKEYID > ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg cd .. dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"Your Name-k"Your Name " cp ubuntu-keyring*deb $BUILD/pool/extras/
OK -- what we've done here is import the 2 Ubuntu keys into your main keyring, then exported them along with your own key into a replacement keyring. "YOURKEYID" should be replaced with the 8-digit hexadecimal code that gpg tells you when you do the --list-keys command above. And really, the best policy would be to do all that first, and copy a version into your $STAGE file structure so that you have it permanently available.
Note: If you do not have an existing gpg signing key, use the following code:
gpg --gen-key
Accept all defaults, select "No expiry", and enter an appropriate passphrase.
In order to use apt-ftparchive, we will need to provide it with some defaults. Create the files "apt-ftparchive-deb.conf, "apt-ftparchive-udeb.conf", and "apt-ftparchive-extras.conf" as follows (substitude $BUILD for the absolute path to your BUILD directory, and /path/to/indices to the location of the indices files, which you can download from ):
apt-ftparchive-deb.conf: Dir { ArchiveDir "$BUILD"; }; TreeDefault { Directory "pool/"; }; BinDirectory "pool/main" { Packages "dists/breezy/main/binary-i386/Packages"; BinOverride "/path/to/indices/override.breezy.main"; ExtraOverride "path/to/indices/override.breezy.extra.main"; }; Default { Packages { Extensions ".deb"; Compress ". gzip"; }; }; Contents { Compress "gzip"; };
apt-ftparchive-udeb.conf: Dir { ArchiveDir "$BUILD"; }; TreeDefault { Directory "pool/"; }; BinDirectory "pool/main" { Packages "dists/breezy/main/debian-installer/binary-i386/Packages"; BinOverride "/path/to/indices/override.breezy.main.debian-installer"; }; Default { Packages { Extensions ".udeb"; Compress ". gzip"; }; }; Contents { Compress "gzip"; };
apt-ftparchive-extras.conf: Dir { ArchiveDir "$BUILD"; }; TreeDefault { Directory "pool/"; }; BinDirectory "pool/extras" { Packages "dists/breezy/extras/binary-i386/Packages"; }; Default { Packages { Extensions ".deb"; Compress ". gzip"; }; }; Contents { Compress "gzip"; };
- . 现在就用apt-ftparchive来创建Packages和Release文件:
cd $BUILD sudo apt-ftparchive -c $APTCONF generate /path/to/apt-ftparchive-deb.conf sudo apt-ftparchive -c $APTCONF generate /path/to/apt-ftparchive-udeb.conf sudo apt-ftparchive -c $APTCONF generate /path/to/apt-ftparchive-extras.conf
$APTCONF is a file somewhere that looks about like this:
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin "Ubuntu"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label "Ubuntu"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite "breezy"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version "5.10"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename "breezy"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architectures "i386"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Components "main restricted extras"; APT::FTPArchive::Release::Description "Ubuntu Breezy";a. 给Release文件签gpg:
sudo gpg --default-key "MY GPG KEY ID" --output $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release.gpg -ba $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release
- . Regenerate the md5 checksums:
cd $BUILD find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > md5sum.txt
- . 现在可以来生成光盘镜像文件:
sudo mkisofs -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -J -hide-rr-moved -o $IMAGE -R $BUILD/
‘$IMAGE’表示您的光盘镜像文件.
- . 最後,可以用cdrecord或其它刻录工具来刻录您的CD了:
sudo nice -18 cdrecord dev=ATA:1,1,0 speed=12 --blank=fast -v -gracetime=2 -tao $IMAGE
that will burn the image on the second cd drive; if your cd-burner is the first or only cd-drive, change dev argument to ATA``:1,0,0. I strongly recommend using rewritable media -- I've burned a LOT of coasters on this project.
好了,搞定! 如果谁感兴趣,我写了一个小脚本(很简单)来自动完成这个步骤。我想我正好可以放在这儿
ORIG="/var/www/jigdo/$1-breezy-install-i386.iso" STAGE="/home/matt/LearningExchangeCD/$1/" MOUNT=/mnt/iso/ BUILD="/yeowe/usr/cdbuilder/$1" IMAGE="/yeowe/usr/cdbuilder/$1-learningexchange.iso" APTCONF=/home/matt/LearningExchangeCD/apt.conf sudo umount $MOUNT sudo mount $ORIG $MOUNT -o loop sudo rsync -azvb --delete $MOUNT $BUILD sudo rm -r $BUILD/pool/u/ubuntu-keyring/ sudo rsync -avzb --exclude='*~' --exclude='INSTRUCTIONS.txt' --backup-dir=/yeowe/usr/cdbuilder/old/ --exclude='example-preseed.txt' $STAGE $BUILD sudo rm $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release* for component in main extras; do sudo apt-ftparchive packages "$BUILD/pool/$component/" > "$BUILD/dists/breezy/$component/binary-i386/Packages" gzip -c "$BUILD/dists/breezy/$component/binary-i386/Packages" | \ sudo tee "$BUILD/dists/breezy/$component/binary-i386/Packages.gz" > /dev/null done sudo apt-ftparchive -c $APTCONF release $BUILD/dists/breezy > $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release sudo gpg --output $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release.gpg -ba $BUILD/dists/breezy/Release sudo chown -R root:root $BUILD/isolinux $BUILD/preseed sudo mkisofs -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -J -hide-rr-moved -o $IMAGE -R $BUILD/ sudo nice -18 cdrecord dev=ATA:1,1,0 speed=12 --blank=fast -v -gracetime=2 -tao $IMAGE