These are archived pages, most of them date back to 2007-2012. This
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Creating GNU/Linux live CD
Universal Linux Live scripts
With Linux Live scripts can make image of any GNU/Linux system. Short and straightforward howto is on http://www.linux-live.org/. Version 6 should make live CDs almost out of the box (⚠️ but I haven’t been lucky with it, please tell me if you know how to do it). Great compression ratio.
Debian
You can either make image from running system with bootcd (configuration is in /etc/bootcd/bootcdwrite.conf) or install new system on the CD with official Debian Live scripts.
There are some other programs/scripts listed on Debian Wiki.
