debian-live

Builds a Debian 10 (Buster) Live x86-64 ISO monthly using GitHub Actions. Used primarily for backing up and restoring Linux and Windows based systems.

Default Password

The default username and password is root / toor.

Installation Options

1. Burn / mount the ISO
2. Copy the files to a FAT32 formatted USB drive
   • Only works on modern UEFI based systems
3. Use dd to flash the ISO to a USB drive
   • Would only recommend for older BIOS based systems

Tools

cifs-utils - Mount Samba and Windows file shares

ddrescue - Backup and restore failing drives

gdisk - gpt compatible fdisk toolset

nfs-common - mount nfs file shares

ntfs-3g - Manage NTFS formatted drives

wimtools - Create, restore, and manage WIM files for Windows based systems.

Installed Packages

• apt-utils
• bash-completion
• cifs-utils
• curl
• dbus
• dosfstools
• firmware-linux-free
• gddrescue
• gdisk
• iputils-ping
• isc-dhcp-client
• less
• linux-image-amd64
• live-boot
• nfs-common
• ntfs-3g
• openssh-client
• open-vm-tools
• procps
• systemd-sysv
• vim
• wimtools
• wget

For a full list of installed packages, see packages.txt in the release.

References

This image was built based from the instructions found at https://willhaley.com/blog/custom-debian-live-environment/