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Hi Janet,So you have your ISO. That's good. But there is not just one thing wrong with it. The Installer icon text as I mentioned earlier is one. The other flaw is that the Linux Lite installation slideshow gets over-written by the Ubuntu slideshow. These are just cosmetic flaws. But they are personally irritating. So I have spent the last couple of days eliminating them. I'm sorry I didn't get it fixed before you tried it. To make things some better you will have to repeat the process: 1. Re-install Linux Lite, (the username does not have to be linuxlite as indicated earlier)2. update it,3. re-install dconf-editor,4. re-apply your customizations,5. download and install the updated remastersys304forLL38.deb file,6. and run doit or replicate.I have found that you do not need Etcher. You can use Menu/Settings/Disks to burn the ISO:1. Insert your flash drive and then click Menu/Settings/Disks,2. Select the flash drive in the left pane,3. Click the hamburger icon at top right and select Restore Disk Image...,4. In the Image to Restore field, browse to /home/remastersys/remastersys/ and select the ISO,5. Then click Start Restoring...It's only a trifle more bother than Etcher.It's OK if you want to post the steps and mark your post as solved, but maybe you should use these updated instructions: To create an installable ISO of a customized Linux Lite 3.8 32bit system: • Install Linux Lite 32bit v3.8 on an uncommited hard drive. This will be your replica development drive. • Install Updates • Also install dconf-editor via Synaptic • Clear the apt-cache with sudo apt-get clean, (optional, but makes for a smaller ISO) • Uninstall unwanted programs • Install elective programs • Set Firefox preferences • Add Firefox bookmarks that you want to be present in the replicated systems • Clear Firefox history and cache • Download and install Remastersys from here: http:///www3.telus.net/someubuntufreebies/remastersys304forLL38.deb (It required a couple of modifications to work with Linux Lite 3.8, so you should only use this modified version) • Install the downloaded deb package using gdebi. (just double-click the deb file)You're now ready to create a replicant ISO. Step 1. Open a terminal.Step 2. Type the command 'dconf-editor'. Make sure that the org/blueman/transfer shared path is Set to Default. Then close dconf-editor.Step 3. Type the command '2skel' and press ENTER, followed by your password.Step 4. Type the command 'sudo remastersys clean' and press ENTER.Step 5. Type the command 'sudo remastersys dist' and press ENTER.Step 6. Burn the ISO that was created in /home/remastersys/remastersys to a USB stick/flash drive using either Menu/Settings/Disks or Etcher.Since this will not be a frequent undertaking, you can execute these steps individually.Alternatively, you can enter the command 'replicate' in a terminal and it will perform all steps, 2 through 5, and save you a bit of typing.And if you want to add a launcher to the Menu, just:1. Right-click the Menu and select Edit Applications2. Left-click System3. Left-click New Item (a Launcher Properties dialog will open)4. In the Name: field enter: Replicate5. In the Command: field enter: x-terminal-emulator -e /usr/bin/replicator6. In the Comment: field enter: Create an installable ISO of this system as currently configured.7. Leave Launch in Terminal unchecked.8. Click OK and Close.Now there will be a 'Replicate' launcher at the bottom of Menu/System.Depending on what additional software you add to the development machine, and whether you want it to be preconfigured in the replica,you may have to add additional rsync .config lines to the 2skel file. Use gksudo leafpad /usr/bin/2skel. But if you are uncomfortable doing this, it might be better to leave them un-preconfigured.
THanks Moltke this sounds promising!One thing I’m not sure about is the aptik- am I correctly understanding that once I am using the LL live I update the live OS with everything I want then use aptik to make a backup THEN use systemback to convert that aptik backup to an ISO?
Sounds complex? it is.
dd if=/dev/zero of=<source OS disk (NOT /dev/...!!!!!) it is /media/linuxlite/...> ; rm <source OS disk /media/...>dd if=/dev/<input_sdx> bs=4M | gzip -c | split -b <splitted file size in gigabytes>G - <existing output dir for files on portable disk>Example : dd if=/dev/sdx bs=4M | gzip -c | split -b 8G - /media/linuxlite/portable hdd/clone.img.gz.
cat <img files path>clone.img.gz.* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/sdy bs=4M
@JanetBiggar I think you may want to try a different approach which in my opinion is much easier to follow, instead of using systemback may I recommend clonezilla? Here are a couple of tutorials, check them out and decide whether to try or not https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/clone-your-linux-install-clonezilla/Hope this helps!
Hoping someone can guide me here. I have decided to try and see if I can successfully load an ISO made from a systemback point from one laptop to other old laptops so as to save me time in terms of reloading various additional stuff over and above LL3.8.I have successfully made my ISO image (although I did not manage to do it via the route Trinidad suggested in a different thread - right clicking on the ISO image and burning to USB so did it via UNetbootin).I have googled various videos and am unsure exactly which choice I click on when the ISO USB loads. I tried live system, however it does not give me the icon to "install Linux Lite" like my usual LL3.8 USB does once the live system comes up.When I go into the next choice "Boot from Installer" I then get a window saying system install and have to put in user name, PW, plus a root password which I left blank (should I?), etc.It then takes me to Partition settings which I am very unsure what to do here.I am in the process of googling more videos, but might anyone have a link to which I can refer that makes this all easy for a newbie like me? Or if not, then some clear instructions?Thanks in advance