Any way to make own LiveCD distro by using Virtual Machine?

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I encounter a problem, where any soft that has option to do it is obsolete. And non-installable. I don’t wanna waste lots of time just typing everything i wanted to configure through CLI (Cubic). When i can load into existing ISO image through VM, setup persistent volume. And configure everything i need, and then convert, or merge persistent volume on unpacked image, that i will be able to re-pack into ISO again.

Im really don’t have money to buy external hard-drive. Because they expansive as hell, and knowing that my USB-Stick cannot handle any Read/Write. I only have an option to create my own read-only image, that will have everything i need.

  • Systemback (Seems like best option out of “dead” ones below)
  • Pinguy Builder, looks like a dead fork
  • Remastersys, ancient and unusable.

If you have better suggestions. Type it there.

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Of which distro do you want to make a live CD?

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I found solution through Systemback. After like 4 days of research, i found what i wanted to do.

  1. Setup Virtual Machine with any program (preferably with Guest Tools).
  2. Install Debian/*buntu distro you like
  3. Install Systemback on your installed virtual machine
  4. Install Guest Tools (VirtualBox or VMware)
  5. MAKE SNAPSHOT OF THE FIRST BOOT
  6. Make some changes you need
  7. In Systemback click “Live system create”
  8. This process is kinda long, be sure you made needed changes
  9. After ISO file is compiled, check folder where you exported project
  10. If you able to drag&drop, or directly copy paste OS image, do it to your local machine
  11. If you don’t want to have some issues with Guest Tools. Just upload it to any cloud service you like (OneDrive or Google Disk, etc. )

After all that, you now have own personal LiveCD that you can use as usual on real hardware!

I needed that solution, because i don’t have money to buy external drive. Just for booting into system on public PC. But my USB Stick is cheap, and cannot handle massive cycles of Reading/Writting.

So with that solution, you have almost perfect solution for “free”. And also, if you use ventoy, you don’t have to flash drive to be able to boot into your custom LiveCD. You probably will have some cons, and pros

  • Pros
  • Can be personal, and easy to deploy
  • Can fit into any USB Stick, and be able to work with ventoy
  • Cons
  • You have to update your LiveCD, if you feel need, to add/fix something inside.