bootcd(7)

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version 6.11.2 · 5 versions
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💿 NAME 💿

okay bestie, meet bootcd — it's the vibe check on the whole bootcd utils family. this is the page that tells you how to use bootcd utils, periodt. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bootcd-tool options
bootcd-tool = bootcdwrite | bootcd2disk | bootcdflopcp

so like… you pick one of those three tools above and then you feed it options. that's the whole situation. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

here's the tea: bootcd-tools can copy a Debian system that's running, or one that's just mounted (not running, we don't judge, it's giving chill). and yes, different boot configurations are supported — we're talking efi, old school bios, and secure boot. iconic, all of them. 🔥

let's break down the squad, one by one:

  • bootcdwrite — this one creates an ISO life-cd file called bootcd, and it does that using an overlayfs. lowkey the main character of the group tbh. 🌈
  • bootcdflopcp — when you're actually running from the bootcd, this one writes the changes from the overlayfs onto a floppy disk. yes bestie, floppy disk. we contain multitudes. 🎀
  • bootcd2disk — this one writes bootable disks. and it's flexible fr fr: with or without lvm, and ext2, ext3, ext4, vfat, swap are all on the menu. 👑
ngl, this is a whole toolkit pretending to be one manpage. read the friends below. 🔍

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read the rest of the family, they're all so good:

💖 Author 💖

bernd@bschu.de — yes, the author is literally an email address on this page. no gatekeeping.

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 — aka the whole thing is FOSS, as it should be. ⭐

Bernd Schumacher <bernd@bschu.de> (2007-2026) — that's a long run bestie, nearly two decades of bootcd energy. respect. 🙈

and that's the page! version 0.1, dated 2020-08-07, from the bootcd utils crew — go forth and make some ISOs, you absolute legend. mwah 💋🌸

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