How to create a custom install CD for a DNS appliance, "Powered by Ubuntu"

[Tim Jackson]

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Tristan RHODES wrote:
> Tristan RHODES wrote:
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>>>Greetings,
>>>
>>>I want to create an Ubuntu derivative that serves a very specific
>>>purpose, a DNS appliance. I want to take the Ubuntu server install,
>>>modify the system to operate as a DNS appliance, and then create a
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> CD or
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>>>DVD that anyone can use to install the DNS appliance, "Powered by
>>>Ubuntu".
>>>
>>>I have looked into installing with OEM mode, but that doesn't let
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> you
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>>>create an install CD based on the modified system. I searched the
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> forum,
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>>>but did not come up with anything. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Tristan Rhodes
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> 
>>See the link below - The info there has improved the in the last
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> month
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>>or so and may now be complete. What you want to do is not easy but it
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> is
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>>doable.
>>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallCDCustomizationHowTo 
>>Tim J
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> 
> Tim,
> 
> That wiki page is exactly what I was looking for.  After reading about
> this complex process, I feel more inclined to simply provide a "How To"
> and/or a BASH script to setup a DNS/DHCP server on a default Ubuntu
> system.
> 
> I should point out that there is a nice script at the bottom of that
> wiki page, which would make the process much easier.  However, it
> appears that the process only changes which packages are installed, and
> it doesn't allow other types of customization (unless I wanted to create
> new packages).
> 
> Tristan Rhodes
> 

Tristan
Yes it is a lot to go through. You can do a lot of things in the
preeseed file if you go to the trouble of recreating an install disk.
You can script a lot of things with the "d-i preseed/late_command", but
creating a .deb to do customizations and adding it to the install disk
via the extras path as outlined on the page would be the path to take if
you really need to do a lot of things.

Tim
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