The goal of MiniOS is to provide users with a reliable user-friendly portable system with a graphical interface.
These scripts build a bootable MiniOS ISO image.
Using minios-live, you can build:
Debian 12 with Fluxbox environment (analogous to Slax).
Debian 12, Unstable, and Ubuntu 22.04 with Xfce4 environment.
To build, you need to change the parameters in the linux-live/config file to build the required option, then start the build: ./install -
It is advisable to use Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22.04 for build, if you have a different system installed, use docker.
For installation use install - script for guided installation, autoinstall - script for automatic installation.
Never run scripts from linux-live folder! They will break your system.
Supported commands: setup_host build_bootstrap build_chroot build_live build_modules build_iso
setup_host - install packages required for building on the host
build_bootstrap - install a minimal system using debootstrap
build_chroot - install of the rest of the components required to start the system
build_live - build squashfs image
build_modules_chroot - build modules
build_iso - build the final ISO image
Syntax: ./install [start_cmd] [-] [end_cmd]
- launch from start_cmd to end_cmd
- if start_cmd is omitted, all commands are executed starting from the first
- if end_cmd is omitted, all commands up to the last are executed
- enter one command to run a specific command
- enter '-' as the only argument to run all commands
Examples: ./install -
./install build_bootstrap - build_chroot
./install - build_chroot
./install build_bootstrap -
./install build_iso
If you want to just build the system from the beginning just edit linux-live/config and run ./install -
To build with docker, create a build folder in your home folder, put minios-live there, cd to docker folder and run 01-runme.sh. This action will install the required programs and create an image. To start the build, edit for yourself and run 02-build.sh. Sample file content:
docker run --rm -it --name mlc --privileged -v /home/user/build:/build local/mlc install -
or you can use the minios-live/batch-build script by editing the necessary parameters for yourself instead of 02-runme.sh.
Author: crims0n https://minios.dev