Pinguy Builder – An App to Backup/Remix *buntu

by on 23/09/2015 in News, PinguyOS, Release

Decided to share my fork of remastersys. This is the script used to build Pinguy OS.

The script can create a livecd of the installed system and works with *buntu systems.

You can either make a distributable livecd or a backup of your system.

Notable Changes:

  • Single package for Script and GUI.
  • Full EFI support including EFI partition on ISO.
  • Populate pool folder with grub-efi for offline installing.
  • Update grub entry with the named used for the CD label.
  • Uses XZ to compress the filesystem.squashfs for smaller ISO size.

Version 3.* works with *buntu systems 14.04 (should also work with 14.10, if not try 4.*)
Version 4.* works with *buntu systems 15.04+ (at the moment 15.10 has a dependency issue xresprobe)

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The Pinguy Builder will create a installable ISO of your current system. You can then burn that ISO to a USB using something like Unetbootin or just burn the ISO directly to a DVD. The DVD/USB can then be booted from a PC.

Depending on what option you choose determines what type of ISO gets created.
If you pick “Dist”, this will backup the whole system but exclude your home folder and any personal info.

If you pick “Backup”, this will backup the system and will include you home folder (so make sure it isn’t to big).

Both options can run as a live session. “Dist” mode has no password to login. “Backup” mode uses the user name and password used to create the ISO.

For more info visit the forum.