neobsd-build

Live media creator for NeoBSD distribution

Introduction

The purpose of this tool is quickly generate live images for NeoBSD.

Features

• Build NeoBSD from packages
• Mate desktop environment
• Xfce desktop environment
• Gnome deskop environment
• Hybrid DVD/USB image

Graphics support

• Compatible with VirtualBox, VMware, NVIDIA graphics out of box
• SCFB support with automatic best resolution for UEFI enabled systems with Intel/AMD graphics

System requirements

• Latest version of NeoBSD
• 20GB of free disk space
• 4GB of free memory

Initial setup

Install the required packages:

pkg install git transmission-cli rsync

Make sure to have linux64 kernel module loaded

kldload linux64
sysrc -f /etc/rc.conf kld_list="linux64"

Clone the repo:

git clone https://www.github.com/neobsd/neobsd-build.git

Starting a build

Enter the directory for running the LiveCD build script:

cd neobsd-build

To build a NeoBSD with MATE as default desktop

./build.sh -d mate -b unstable

or

./build.sh -d mate -b release

(Option) To build NeoBSD with XFCE as default desktop

./build.sh -d xfce -b unstable

Burn an image to cd:

cdrecord /usr/local/neobsd-build/iso/NeoBSD.iso

Write an image to usb stick:

dd if=/usr/local/neobsd-build/iso/NeoBSD.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=4m