Persistence on debian-live distro

[pcalvert]

That's exactly what I want. A fully functional OS where the user is able to configure whatever he wants in the install, while having some packages and files installed already.

I accomplished that a few years ago using Debian Jessie. I included Refracta Installer on the live CD, and that's what I used to install the OS. I could not use the Debian installer for my application, nor did I want to.

I obtained the Refracta Installer packages from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/tools/

Refracta Installer isn't as complex and full-featured as the Debian installer, but I see its simplicity as an advantage (if it does what you want).

Phil

[pcalvert]

I had some initial problems with installing from the boot menu and discounted that early on in favour of using calamares which I found to be much more configurable and easier too.

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#!/bin/bash

starttime=$(date)

if [ ! -d "MyLive" ]; then mkdir MyLive; fi

cd MyLive

lb config --binary-images iso-hybrid --mode debian -a amd64 -k amd64 -d buster --archive-areas "main contrib non-free" --updates true --security true --cache true --apt-recommends true --debian-installer live --debian-installer-gui true --win32-loader false 
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If you are using Calamares, why do you include the Debian installer?

Phil

[Dai_trying]

I must have thought i needed it at some point, I will remove it and see if everything still works ok.