[Voyage-linux] rolling my own install image

[Jeff Ramin]

On 01/07/2011 08:14 AM, Jeff Ramin wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 01:57 AM, Stéphane Acounis wrote:
>> Le Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:46:44 -0600
>> Jeff Ramin<jeff.ramin at singlewire.com>  a écrit:
>>
>>> Hi folks.
>>>
>>> Quick question - is there a HOWTO or FAQ regarding creating my own
>>> voyage installation image? I need to install voyage on many machines
>>> and don't want some of the stuff that comes in the vanilla image,
>>> such as asterisk.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> This is very simple. Here is how I do:
>>
>> * install the stock Voyage.
>> * trim it to your needs: remove unwanted packages, add new ones,
>>    configure network, add users, etc...
>> * once you're happy with it, take the CF card and plug it into a card
>>    reader
>> * make a copy with tar or rsync to a directory (rsync
>>    -av /mount/cf/ destdir)
>> * use this directory as the source install of Voyage ( cd
>>    destdir ; /usr/local/sbin/voyage.update)
>>
>> you can use the command line options of the installer and use a script
>> file to automatically format the new CF and install your version of
>> Voyage.
>>
> Is there a list of files I would need to "reset" after doing this? I 
> can think of
> some issues, such as the sshd key being created after the first boot. 
> Or does
> the voyage.update script take care of things like that?
>
> Thanks.
Follow up question - I'm installing to a hard drive, from a bootable USB 
drive (which
is just like installing from the live CD). So, I need to get the image 
on the USB
drive. How would I do that?

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