ServerMonkey / isoremixer

isoremixer(1) -- Automatic build Cygwin Windows ISO images

SYNOPSIS

isoremixer <OS>

DESCRIPTION

Automatically download and build a custom ISO image by combining Cygwin, wine, winetricks and fastpkg. Automatically includes virtualization drivers and deployment scripts for Cygwin and SSHD.

This project is still under development.

How isoremixer works:

1. Download required files from the Internet (via fastpkg). Like Windows ISO's, cygwin.exe installer, drivers and so on.
2. Create a custom Wineprefix.
3. Download Cygwin packages.
4. Install requirements like .NET for Nlite via winetricks.
5. Extract ISO content and drivers to be included in Nlite.
6. Load preset and script files from user or system folder.
7. Start builder program. Like Nlite.

If you encounter errors, log files can be found in each respective wineprefix under ~.local/share/wineprefixes/

OPTIONS

• -h, --help : Displays the help screen

• r : Use Cygwin fastpkg repacks instead of Cygwin mirror. Use this option when you want to use a specific collection of Cygwing packages. Useful when you are in an offline environment. Also, faster than downloading from a mirror.

• s : Skip fastpkg downloads. Only use this if you are sure that you have all required files in the fastpkg downloads folder.

• c : Only start Cygwin-setup. Only for debugging purposes. Then exit.

• e : Erase everything including VM, disks and Wine prefix. Use for cleanup.

• <OS> : Select an OS version, Se below for availabe OS:es.

OS ARGUMENT

• xp : Windows XP (any version) via Nlite
• 7 : Windows 7 x64 via NTLite and libvirt - UNDER DEVELOPMENT!!!
• 7-x86 : Windows 7 x86 via NTLite and libvirt - UNDER DEVELOPMENT!!!

EXAMPLES

Build a Windows XP ISO image:

$ isoremixer xp

CUSTOM CONFIG FILES

To use your own preset and/or script files, put your files in these folders.
If not, isoremixer will copy recommended/default preset and script files from: /usr/local/share/isoremixer/presets/

Presets

• xp : "~/.isoremixer/presets/nlite/windows-xp-pro/Last Session.ini" and "Last Session_u.ini"

Scripts

• xp : "~/.isoremixer/presets/setup_cygwin*" Each script file must start with "setup_cygwin..."

Mirrors

For older versions of Cygwin look at:
www.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/cygwin/timemachine.html
cygwin.com/setup/
ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/

COPYRIGHT

See license file

SEE ALSO

wine(1), winetricks(1), fastpkg(1), www.cygwin.com