live-metal/devuan-desktop-metal.md

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Devuan install to disk using zfs, largely following the process outlined in https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/Debian%20Bullseye%20Root%20on%20ZFS.html

Blend config:

  • disk name
  • zfs pool names
  • partition sizes and order
  • legacy bios or efi boot
  • grub theme

Package install methods:

  • via apt - additional packages defined in the blend config
  • via dpkg - debs placed in the blend directory or the blends blend_packages directory
  • via scripts - custom scripts placed in the blends blend_scripts directory
  • via dselect - the existance of a packages.list file in /var/tmp, install additional packages in the livesd image and run get_selections to generate them, or run the commands in the function on another system and write them to the bootstraps /var/tmp