Hi all... I'm a bit 'green' when it comes to Linux installation procedures.
On Windows, I've used NTLite tool to build a custom Windows installer and have found it to be very useful.
So... I'm wondering if there are similar methods for Linux Debian.
I have used the Debian 12 Edu (skole-linux) netinstaller to install my system. (I had some weird reason for using the Edu variant, probably not relevant any more, but it worked for me so stayed with that).
Just today, I discovered that I cant use latencytop because my kernel doe not have CONFIG_LATENCYTOP enabled, so am rebuilding the kernel.
I also have some missing firmware issues:
which can apparently be fixed by doing:
after downloading the correct package
(i haven't tried that yet though)
My question therefore is: how might it be possible to 'build' or customize a Debian installer
- to include CONFIG_HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT=y and CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y in the kernel .config
- to update the firmware with the necessary package
Are there any known methods for doing this sort of thing? Obviousy the general idea is to have a installer for my system that requires as few post-install steps as possible -- particularly rebuilding of the kernel which a takes long time and seems like unnecessary extra effort which could be avoided if a correctly configured kernel could be installed in the first place.
On Windows, I've used NTLite tool to build a custom Windows installer and have found it to be very useful.
So... I'm wondering if there are similar methods for Linux Debian.
I have used the Debian 12 Edu (skole-linux) netinstaller to install my system. (I had some weird reason for using the Edu variant, probably not relevant any more, but it worked for me so stayed with that).
Just today, I discovered that I cant use latencytop because my kernel doe not have CONFIG_LATENCYTOP enabled, so am rebuilding the kernel.
I also have some missing firmware issues:
Code:
w: possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169Code:
sudo cp ~/Downloads/*.fw /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/sudo update-initramfs -u(i haven't tried that yet though)
My question therefore is: how might it be possible to 'build' or customize a Debian installer
- to include CONFIG_HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT=y and CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y in the kernel .config
- to update the firmware with the necessary package
Are there any known methods for doing this sort of thing? Obviousy the general idea is to have a installer for my system that requires as few post-install steps as possible -- particularly rebuilding of the kernel which a takes long time and seems like unnecessary extra effort which could be avoided if a correctly configured kernel could be installed in the first place.
Statistics: Posted by audiobabble — 2024-12-10 14:50 — Replies 8 — Views 175