Remastersys is working well on Wheezy

[ethoms]

I have discovered that remastersys is working well on debian wheezy. According to the maintainer it will not be supported until wheezy is stable, or at least frozen. However it works well for me with the current wheezy live-boot/live-config packages in official debian testing/wheezy repository. Only that a remastersys dependency is no longer in debian repository. "live-boot-initramfs" is no longer in the repo, I think it became a transitional package and it no longer needed. "live-boot-initramfs-tools" seems to suffice.

I modified the latest remastersys package, excluding the redundant depency and it seems to work well for me. Please feel free to test it for yourself and give feedback. I have provided a download link for the wheezy compatible package below.

NOTE: I am not a Remastersys developer. Do not judge the project in any way based on experience with my package. Use with caution as it's not yet recommended from the Remasterys developer(s).     

Download link:  http://www.conspec-group.com/packages/wheezy/remastersys-wheezy_2.0.23-1_all.deb

[fragadelic]

Thanks.  I am working on a new package with a new gui and new installer gui.  This is a good transition package until I can finish up my work which will probably take a few more weeks.

The new installer will be more Ubuntu like but still remain simple.  The new gui will be the same as the one I just finished for the Ubuntu version of remastersys 3.0.2-1 which I will be releasing at the end of the week.

[GMaq]

Hi,

Just throwing this out there...

I realize that Debian testing is a waste of time to develop Remastersys for due to the many changes during it's life cycle. Would a 'work-in-progress' testing version be possible if Debian testing users were willing to lock down a set of known working live-related libraries? In my experience it is 99% changes to the live scripts themselves and not so much changes to bash, grub etc. that break Remastersys outside of stable.

So this would be the idea:

1. Develop a working testing version at a specific given time in Debian Testing (perhaps during the last 6 months before it goes stable)
2. Clearly indicate which package versions (live-scripts etc.) are in use for it and instruct users to pin or dpkg-lock these versions
3. Users with newer versions of said packages can go to snapshot.debian.org and roll back to the working versions.
4. Perhaps update once or twice throughout the entire Debian Testing cycle then use this code base for the official Stable Remastersys Debian release when Testing goes stable
5. Attach several large bells and neon lights explaining that this is for the foolhardy and is not the official supported Remastersys
6. The foolhardy mentioned above (myself included) either contribute code, testing time or best of all 'above and beyond' donations in recognition of the 'above and beyond' efforts required.

Just an idea to consider

[fragadelic]

I would have no issues with this other than time.  If I have the time I can certainly look at it.  I think a debian testing team would be in order, to help decide on the versions, etc.

[lahirdenganselamat]

Im using LMDE XFCE tracking Debian testing now, (I feel that I have to move from mint11/gnome2, and XFCE was really great)..

I'll wait for my "sudo apt-get install dist-upgrade" and will try to remaster after it finished.

[mirix]

I have just burnt a DVD create with Remastersys in backup mode in Wheezy (64 bit). The Live DVD starts booting but at certain point it keeps repeating something like "module swap" was not found in modules.dep and that "module unknown" was not found either....

[mirix]

Downgrading the dependencies to the Squeeze versions, the problem is different. It is about some non-existing directory in /lib/udev.

[geaplanet]

I have no luck in wheezy.


Reedited: I think that my problem is this: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.live/13665

[geaplanet]

It worked changing repository to sid to install live-boot-initramfs-tools. Livecd works, but appears that it has a problem to create /etc/fstab file. Although it complains all the time about fstab file, desktop runs at the end.

[fragadelic]

What are the errors about fstab you are seeing?

[AnthLee]

I would have no issues with this other than time.  If I have the time I can certainly look at it.  I think a debian testing team would be in order, to help decide on the versions, etc.

^ Sign me up to help with whatever is needed

[fragadelic]

Long time no see.  How is SalineOS coming along?

You will definitely be part of the team.

[AnthLee]

It has been awhile, I am slowly crawling out from under my rock. SalineOS is coming along, 2.0 should be a big release.  Been working on well just about everything under the sun for the last many months.

[fragadelic]

Summer is a tough time for me to get motivated to sit at the PC.  I now have a netbook so I have been bringing that out to the yard so I get a bit more PC time.

I am going to make a squeeze remaster with EDE to go along with my ubuntu 12.04 EDE remaster.

[fragadelic]

http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?topic=2511.0

[tomiro]

Yep, the installer is not setting the username/password during installation.  Because the backup skips that part anyway, it's not a problem when using it for a backup install.