Xenial startup disk creator and custom ISO

[Darren Landoll]

I've been using the same process that worked for me on Ubuntu 15.04 install
images, so might be something related to the new startup disk creator in
16.04. I will take a look at the pages you provided and maybe also try
using genisoimage instead mkisofs that I'm using now to generate the new
*.iso file.

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Tong Sun <uddaa.xpt at spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> By posing to Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list, I presume that you don't
> mind dropping down to and work from command line. If so, read on,
>
> What you are trying to accomplish is quite a mouthful if you haven't done
> it successfully before, so I recommend to break the steps up, and reach to
> the creating a custom Ubuntu Install CD step as the final step.
>
> Steps that you should be able to do before that, are at least the
> following, from easy to a bit difficult:
>
>
> *Boot Ubuntu 14.10 directly from CD image*
>
> https://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/boot-ubuntu-14-10-directly-from-cd-image/
>
>
> *Ubuntu frugal multiboot installation without burning any CD/DVD*
>
> https://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ubuntu-frugal-multiboot-installation-without-burning-any-cddvd/
>
> The last one is how you put bootable Ubuntu on HD or USB:
>
> As you can see, the above frugal installation method allows each different
>> distro resides in different sub-folders (under /boot). Thus it is very easy
>> to put several of them into a single USB key.
>
>
> Make sure you can boot off the official squashfs before customizing your
> own.
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Darren Landoll - darren.landoll at gmail.com
> <uddaa.xpt.abe1b53264.darren.landoll#gmail.com at ob.0sg.net> wrote:
>
>> Are there any current issues with creating a custom Ubuntu Install CD
>> (server install for my particular case) and using Startup Disk Creator in
>> Ubuntu 16.04 to burn a custom *.iso file to a USB drive?
>>
>> It claims to finish successfully (does not take as long as I would
>> expect), but does not result with a bootable USB drive.
>>
>> I create the *.iso based on instructions here:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization
>>
>>
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