By request, I'll show you how to take your Linux distro from a virtual machine, to a bootable, installable ISO that you can put on a USB stick or DVD. Patreon : / doriandotslash
I have an doubt, if the system contains a lot of packets installed and some folders that I personally created, the program will include this things on the iso or it will save only the "necessary" folders?
i cannot find my usb drive in the write target window, I tried mounting unmounting and refreshing but it doesnt appear. can any geek help me find my storage disk in write target box(window)
Any progress with it , i'm having same problem. I'm Windows 10 user using VMWare to create a custom Lubuntu 18.04 image using systemback. I'm able to create a .iso + sblive image.
Yes systemback. It's very easy to use and requires little setup. The only downside is that you can't have a custom installer. But that's fine in most cases since their installer is pretty basic and still allows user creation.
@Naman Patel As this video is a little older, there might have been changes that are creating issues. But you are correct that when you use "boot live system", it won't store anything after you reboot because it's a live system running from the USB stick, and that's how it's intended to work.
Hi Dorian, thank you for the video, really awesome and clear voice but please could help me what to do. I used the option to write to target and i can see the three folders: .disk, casper(filesystem.squashfs file is present in this with initrd.gz and vmlinuz) and syslinux folders. But when I choose my pendrive on the boot menu it does not detect any system.
This is an awesome video. But, how can I do this same thing, but using another hard drive instead of a USB drive? Thank You! I need to make a bootable hard drive using one computer, then move it to another computer (as its primary drive). It is a laptop that the screen went dead and there is no way to navigate BIOS, to boot from USB, with no screen. So, I need to install an OS on its hard drive.
I got a problem. It doesnt allow me to convert it to ISO, the button "Convert to ISO" can't be clicked and my sblive file came to be 3.7g. Any idea why?
Great video! Once it's deployed on an USBStick, would it be a modifiable installation or just a live/non modifiable one? I need to do that with Ubuntu 18.04 to put it on an 8GB USB Stick, and I've tried unetbootin, but it need 8.6GB to install the distro completely, that's why I need to customize (trim) a VM installation in order to fit it on a 8GB stick :D
@@Doriandotslash well do the apps and tools I have installed stay in the iso? As in when somoene tries to install it physically on a computer, will he have the same tools/apps I had? If so this is great. Hope you reply
I just installed it on Antix that's ibased on Debian rather than Ubuntu [bear in mind, Ubuntu itself is Debian based, so most stuff on there will work on Debian systems..] I did have to install aptitude to get the dependencies met, apt wasn't pulling it off. Haven't actually used Systemback yet, but it installed successfully lol
Have you tried Cubic? Or did you find any alternate solution? You could also maybe try a backup utility like EaseUS ToDo Backup, AOMEI Backupper, or Clonezilla? The first two offer giveaway versions every now and then. Or using a bootable ISO of them (from what I remember) enables you to back up and restore full disk and/or partition images. Including the bootloader. I believe they also have options to transfer the images to new hardware. But not certain on that. And of course, make sure to take all backup precautions before testing them out. I've used ToDo Backup for years and haven't had any issues with it.
The problem with Systemback is that the *.sblive must be under 4 GB to convert to *.iso. When I tried this, my *.sblive came out to be 6 GB if I remember correctly. I didn't want to strip it down because I needed everything.
Yes that is true, it does need to be under 4GB... Technically 4.7 GB which is a limitation of the ISO format and not SystemBack. What is taking all the space if you don't mind me asking? 6GB is a lot of applications... Data (ie not applications) can be stored elsewhere. Even on the same stick in another partition. If it's your steam library, it can be backed up and restore separately, which should bring it down to a few GB.
I looked around and it seems that I don't have much data. Just a background pic that's around 740 KB. It may just be that I've bombarded my distro with packages. Never the less, there are other ways to create a live image which I'm planning to do w/ my new Arch Openbox distribution (I'm sure that most of your tutorial, "#2 Create a Barebones Linux Desktop GUI without a Display Manager (Even lighter!)" is still applicable) and maybe my old Custom Ubuntu.
SleekGamez yikes! You should probably clear out your package cache. And get an app that shows disk usage to find out what’s taking up space, like baobab.
@ansarirayyan install and run bleachbit in regular and root mode, and clean up the virtual machine before you make the *.*iso. That will get your size below 4 GB
I use Kali Linux in virtual box. I will build a new pc soon and I want Kali as the main OS but don't want to install Kali fresh and transfer all my files again. Can I use this to install Kali as it is on my virtual box on my main machine?
Sure. Best to boot from a usb and then use a 2nd usb to store the ISO. If your host disk is /dev/sda then do sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/usbdrive/mydrive.iso Doing that will make an ISO file from your host disk. Just make sure you mount the usb drive you want it stored to and point the of= to the right path.
It's best to try Cubic: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cubic-wizard/release sudo apt update sudo apt install cubic It is actively developed and works for 20.04, there are a lot of tutorials on RU-vid on how to use it. Important: It only works with Ubuntu-based distros, but unfortunately not with a MinimalCD of Ubuntu
@@Enum_Dev Hi, my last comment is wrong. That is for 16.04 only, to make it work for 18.04/19.10 + I edited this to make it cleaner by putting instructions on a pastebin: pastebin.com/CwMtsKBT this worked for me on Ubuntu 20
When I installed Kali on a VirtualBox, it didn't have GUI. Now I have Installed the GUI, will the ISO file I create have the GUI or I'll have to install it afterward. Please reply. Thank you.
You would have to see the systemback page to see how to install it now. Ubuntu removed systemback from the repos a while back. This video is a few years old.
Haha no it's fine. You get used to it. -30 and below is quite cold though. But that's why we have remote car starters, and we just go from warm place to warm place without spending too much time outside :)
Systemback says there is unsafe x window authorization. What to do😢? (I use Xorg server) Edit 1a. Forget. I did it. Edit 1b. Advice: To fix this error, run it using terminal: "/var/lib/systemback/sbsustart systemback"
