[Utilities] how create a bootable iso of kubuntu 16.10

[jduns]

I tried with PinguyBuilder (4.3-8), but the iso created (many times) is not bootable (in virtualbox).
Genisoimage? But how can I exclude /media and /mnt folders?
Thank you

[GreyGeek]

Download the ISO file and then download and install Etcher. (It's an AppImage. Mark it executable and run it).
Fire up Etcher and point it at the ISO and at an 8GB or bigger USB stick you've plugged in. Once the burn is done, reboot and hit the F12 key at the beginning of the reboot. (F12 on my box brings up the device selection menu. Your box may use a different key). Select the USB stick and boot from it. Once it gives you the desktop you can install it to the harddrive *OR* you can plug in another USB stick 16GB or bigger and install it to that stick as if it were an HD. When the install is done you have a bootable and *persistent* distro on a USB stick. When you install software it stays installed. IF you delete /media and /mnt they're deleted. (But, why would you want to do that? They are just empty directories until you use them as a target for the mount command. You could mount those devices to any other directory (as root) that are in the /dev directory.

[jduns]

thank you

Download the ISO file and then download and install Etcher. (It's an AppImage. Mark it executable and run it).
Fire up Etcher and point it at the ISO and at an 8GB or bigger USB stick you've plugged in. Once the burn is done, reboot and hit the F12 key at the beginning of the reboot. (F12 on my box brings up the device selection menu. Your box may use a different key). Select the USB stick and boot from it. Once it gives you the desktop you can install it to the harddrive *OR* you can plug in another USB stick 16GB or bigger and install it to that stick as if it were an HD. When the install is done you have a bootable and *persistent* distro on a USB stick. When you install software it stays installed.

IF you delete /media and /mnt they're deleted. (But, why would you want to do that? They are just empty directories until you use them as a target for the mount command. You could mount those devices to any other directory (as root) that are in the /dev directory.

Thank you. But the problem is not DVD or USB. But the ISO: is that the problem: I cannot get an ISO bootable of my personalized distro (now existing only in virtualbox).

[oshunluvr]

https://www.linux.com/learn/roll-you...zed-ubuntu-uck

[GreyGeek]

Sorry I misunderstood what you were asking.

In addition to what Oshunluver posted there are these possible solutions:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/32499...em/32506#32506

and several options given here:
https://superuser.com/questions/1144...l-environments

Some interesting ones are:

[COLOR=#242729][FONT=Arial]#VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw your_disk_virtual.vdi your_disk_virtual.img[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#242729][FONT=Arial]# mv your_disk_virtual.img your_disk_virtual.iso
[/FONT][/COLOR]

and a one-liner:

VBoxManage clonehd CactiEZ-disk1.vmdk output.iso --format VMDK

The first methods I mentioned above may not handle partitions or may use the virtualized kernel, which won't work on bare metal.
But, it requires the tklpatch, a custom app specifically for this problem.
(I think it replaced tlkPatch, which was a series of scripts.)
https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/convert-vm-iso

[jduns]

thank you

Thank you. GreyGeek and oshunluvr.
I have found a solution with systemback, as I tell at this url:
https://answers.launchpad.net/system...uestion/615991

[GreyGeek]

You copied your disk_virtual.img directly to a USB stick? Or, did you convert it to an ISO first and then copy it? And, in what condition was your USB stick? Formatted? You mounted it before you used the copy command or did you use dd?

[jduns]

sorry for the delay with which I answer, but systemback create an iso out of virtualbox, in a shared folder. Then I burn that iso. But now I have a problem with the internet connection, after the upgrade from 16.10 to 17.04. I will open a new thread. Thank you

[SpecialEd]

sorry for the delay with which I answer, but systemback create an iso out of virtualbox, in a shared folder. Then I burn that iso. But now I have a problem with the internet connection, after the upgrade from 16.10 to 17.04. I will open a new thread. Thank you

Are you using a USB wifi adapter?

[jduns]

https://www.linux.com/learn/roll-you...zed-ubuntu-uck

but last available version: 13.10

[jduns]

Are you using a USB wifi adapter?

Thank you: already resolved https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...-kububtu-17-04

[jduns]

so, it's impossible create a custom bootable live?

I am a little surprised, but after days of research (the customization kit is no longer available), this is the conclusion: (k)ubuntu has no way of creating a custom bootable live. Strange...

[vinnywright]

but last available version: 13.10

UCK is still available IF you want to try it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt search uck
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done

<snip>

uck/xenial,xenial 2.4.7-0ubuntu2 all
 Tool to customize official Ubuntu Live CDs

<snip>

I guess systemback did not do the trick ?

VINNY