FreeBSD desktop LiveCD creator

The purpose of this tool is quickly generate bloat free images containing stock FreeBSD, and supported desktop environments.

• FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE
• AMD64
• Gnome & KDE desktop environments
• Hybrid DVD/USB image

• FreeBSD 11.1, or higher for AMD64
• 20GB of free disk space
• 1GB of free memory
• UFS, or ZFS

Install the required packages:

pkg install git grub2-pcbsd grub2-efi xorriso

Clone the repo:

git clone https://www.github.com/pkgdemon/comet

Enter the directory for running the LiveCD creator:

cd comet/src

Build desktop image with Gnome:

./comet gnome

Burn image to DVD:

cdrecord /usr/local/comet/gnome.iso

Burn image to USB:

dd if=/usr/local/comet/gnome.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=4m

Build desktop image with KDE:

./comet kde

Burn image to DVD:

cdrecord /usr/local/comet/kde.iso

Burn image to USB:

dd if=/usr/local/comet/kde.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=4m

User: liveuser

Password: freebsd