Published date: Feb 11 2018

Journal Title: KnE Engineering

Issue title: 6th Engineering, Science and Technology Conference - Panama 2017 (ESTEC 2017)

Pages: 904-912

DOI: 10.18502/keg.v3i1.1511

Huriviades Calderón Gómezhuriviades.calderon@utp.ac.paUniversidad Tecnológica de Panamá, GISES,

Miguel Vargas Lombardomiguel.vargas@utp.ac.paUniversidad Tecnológica de Panamá, GISES,

The main objective of this research is to develop a framework to build automated scripts that generate the Live mode in the Distributions from Scratch. Special emphasis is placed on the methodology of the initramfs and the use of GNU packages to adequate the scripts to the needs of developers. Moreover, the purpose of this, is to demonstrate the stages involved in developing the scripts and the benefits of running it, based on the results of this research.

Keywords: Live-USB Customization, Linux From Scratch, GNU/Linux Custom Distributions, Initramfs, BusyBox

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