Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Nathan Howell]

* Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net> [2004-11-22 07:41]:
> Hello,

> I am interested in building a Warty derivative. However, I'm unable to
> find any good documentation about this process. Could someone guide me
> through the process of building a Warty CD with a modified installer and
> a custom list of packages ? If somebody can help me, I'm willing to then
> throughoutly document the whole process (so the helping part would
> mostly be a one-time job).

> My main question is : what do I need to do to build a custom ISO with :
> - Debian's partman instead of Ubuntu's
> - A custom list of packages
> - a /etc/apt/sources.list modified to include universe and multiverse by
>   default.

> However, as a first step, and to get a better understanding of the build
> process, I'd be happy with how to regenerate the warty ISO.


I'm about to need some of these capabilities as well. I'll need to make
custom ISOs and modify seed lists and some package configurations. Not
sure yet if I need anything else. NTFS resizing would be nice to have
available.

If the ubuntu devs want someone to help out a bit with the tools I keep
hearing about, or test, or whatever, I'll be glad to help out. I just
don't want to dig in and find my own way if better tools are on the way.
I need to get this stuff going quite soon, since I'm working on starting
a small business, and I want to use ubuntu. I have customers waiting.
:-)

Nathan