Skip to content

Live CDs

Isos

grml

Custom settings when imaging usb disk

Enable ssh:

Partition the usb-disk to have 1 primary partition (i.e. sda1) Then:

sudo apt install grml2usb
PW="$(gopass show --password live-cds/ssh-password)"
sudo grml2usb --fat16 --bootoptions="ssh=$PW" \
  ~/Downloads/grml64-full_2020.06.iso /dev/sdX1

Debian live

live-build

live-build examples

sudo apt install live-build
cd ~/projects/debian/live/ssh-live-cd

lb config

lb build 2>&1 | tee build.log

test-boot live image

kvm -cdrom live-image-i386.hybrid.iso

SystemRescueCd

  • Website
  • Gitlab
  • Recent releases
  • Based on Arch linux
  • CLI
    • No quick way to configure bluetooth keyboards
    • Help: use manual command
  • GUI
    • XFCE + Xorg
    • Start X11 with startx
    • Complicated to change keyboard layout

Boot options

Preconfigured boot options:

SSH

Allow ssh access:

iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

Set root pw:

passwd

Autorun

Finnix

  • Website
  • Last release 6 month ago
  • based on debian-live

SSH access:

 passwd
 systemctl start ssh

SSH access:s:

 passwd
 systemctl start ssh

SSH access:s:

 passwd
 systemctl start ssh

SSH access:s:

 passwd
 systemctl start ssh

Rescatux

Outdated