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I have wanted to create a custom livecd of Debian. I created a basic Debian (jessie) with debootstrap and began to configuring it. When I wanted to get vmlinuz and initrd files, I could not find them inside the folder 'Boot'. Is there something I have to install to generate them? or Are they supposed to be there initially?

Eray Tuncer
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Here is how I solve this problem (I am not sure if it is the proper way but it worked):

First I do a search:

$apt-cache search linux-image

I have found that I need a linux-image to get kernel and models. Actually it helps me to get vmlinuz and initrd files.

The command result gives me this:

linux-headers-3.16.0-4-586 - Header files for Linux 3.16.0-4-586
...
linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae - Linux 3.16 for modern PCs
...
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)

Then all I do pick the desired image which is "linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae" in my case. It is in arch i386 and for modern PCs(686 indicates i386 and pae is related with the modern PCs).

I install my linux-image package with the suggestions:

$apt-get install linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae

Now I have these files in my boot folder:

  • System.map-3.16.0-4-686-pae
  • config-3.16.0-4-686-pae
  • initrd.img-3.16.0-4-686-pae
  • vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae

Now I have my initrd and vmlinuz files.

Eray Tuncer
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