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remastersys Create a customized Live CD/DVD (a remaster), Back up an entire system

remastersys is a free and open source program for Debian, Ubuntu-based, or derivative software systems that can:

Create a customized Live CD/DVD (a remaster) of Debian and its derivatives.
Back up an entire system, including user data, to an installable Live CD/DVD.
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How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu?

I need a CD or USB stick, that will install Ubuntu on a completely headless machine. Stick CD in and restart, no keyboard or screen should be involved. There are a few obstacles: The language selection menu when you first boot the CD. The fact that…
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What are the Alternatives For RemasterSys?

I need an alternative software of Remastersys since it's not working in my system (Ubuntu 12.04.) I want software just like remastersys. I don't want to install any new packages, I just want a piece of software that makes an ISO of my current system…
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How do I install remastersys?

I was following instruction from http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu.html to install remastersys in my system. On apt-get update always get error that the could not find correct structure of URL. Any help?
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Remastersys Alternative

I was using remastersys on 12.04 to backup all my programs and settings and in that way, i was able to install it on many systems. Now I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I added Precise deb PPA to software sources. Synaptic told me to downgrade some…
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How to add nvidia-current drivers into an iso file with remastersys?

It is necessary to use 3D drivers with Unity Desktop 11.04. How can I create my own iso disk to burn it on usb drive for testing Unity. I have some problems to test unity in Virtual box also default Ubuntu Disk Creator doesn't work for me to make…
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How do I convert my Ubuntu installation into a Live-USB or Live-CD?

Say I have Ubuntu installed in a hard drive What can I do to generate a liveUSB that is as similar as possible to the installation ?
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How do i make my existing ubuntu in a bootable installation CD? I tried remastersys but fails with 11.10

I need to install 10 PC which has identical setup and hardware. So i was trying remastersys but its failing. How can i resolve this or use something else to achieve this? Updating the remastersys.log cat: /home/remastersys/remastersys/tmpusers: No…
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How can I easily remaster Ubuntu?

Possible Duplicate: How to customize live Ubuntu CD? I'm planning to run an Ubuntu event in my office in which I have to distribute a modified version of Ubuntu which contains all the multimedia content & some specific packages from repositories.…
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How do you change udev rules without restarting (e.g. to change eth1 to eth0)?

TLDR; How do you apply changes to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules without restarting? (See this documentation about ethernet interface logical names.) Long version: I have a bootable USB flash drive running an image made by remastersys of…
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How to install Remastersys?

I want to install Remastersys, but I get the following error: $ sudo apt-get install remastersys Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package remastersys Searching for…
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Remaster Ubuntu to create LiveCD that has both Unity and GNOME Shell

Possible Duplicate: How to customize live Ubuntu CD? Ubuntu 11.10 release is just round the corner, and for the first time, I need to remaster the original LiveCD as per my (including most of the colleagues) needs. I'm totally new to remastering…
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Creating your own distro/backup (or Alternatives to RemasterSys)

Possible Duplicate: How to customize live Ubuntu CD? What are the alternative softwares of remastersys? I usually use RemasterSys to create a Backup/Distro of my current system with apps intact. But recently, RemasterSys was discontinued. I…
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Built an ISO with remastersys but it doesn't boot?

I have installed remsatersys back-up from the interwebs, so i could have a custom ISO. Per the instructions on many how to i chose the option Backup on the menu. However when i reboot my PC to try the ISO, GRUB shows up but regardless of what option…
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How to customize Xubuntu with remastersys?

I've been trying to make my own custom xubuntu-based distro. I thought I understood how to import settings and features and repackage using remastersys, but apparently not. One of the features involves removing the xfce4-panel and replacing it with…
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Remasterys xubuntu 11.10

I made a remasterys dist-mode iso of Xubuntu, modded by myself ( I just installed compiz and little more ) I then made a CD from this iso and a bootable usb, by unetbooin,both of them show the same behaviour: when I choose installer directly, they…
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