How to build GhostBSD
Contents
Introduction
The purpose of this tool is quickly generate live images for GhostBSD.
Features
- Build GhostBSD from packages
- Mate, XFCE, Cinnamon and KDE desktop environments
- 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 for Latest version of GhostBSD
- 20GB of free disk space
- 4GB of free memory
Note: GhostBSD 19.09 and later should be used to build ISO.
Setup
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/ghostbsd/ghostbsd-build.git
Starting a build
Enter the directory for running the LiveCD build script:
cd ghostbsd-build
To build a GhostBSD with MATE as default desktop
./build.sh
or
./build.sh -d mate
Option: To build GhostBSD with XFCE as default desktop
./build.sh -d xfce
Option: To build GhostBSD with Cinnamon as default desktop
./build.sh -d cinnamon
Option: To build GhostBSD the default KDE desktop
./build.sh -d kde
Option: To build GhostBSD release MATE desktop
./build.sh -r release
or
./build.sh -d mate -r release
Option: To build GhostBSD development MATE desktop iso
./build.sh
or
./build.sh -d mate -r devel
Make an Image
Burn an image to cd:
cdrecord /usr/local/ghostbsd-build/iso/GhostBSD19.10.iso
Write an image to usb stick:
dd if=/usr/local/ghostbsd-build/iso/GhostBSD19.10.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=4m
