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bee/iso
Mikhail Chusavitin 2dccbc010c Use MEPHI mirror, disable security repo, fix memtest in ISO build
- Switch all lb mirrors to mirror.mephi.ru/debian/ for faster/reliable downloads
- Disable security repo (--security false) — not needed for LiveCD
- Pin MEMTEST_VERSION=6.10-4 in VERSIONS, export to hook environment
- Set BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST=1 in build-in-container.sh — missing memtest is now fatal
- Fix 9100-memtest.hook.binary: add apt-get download fallback when lb
  binary_memtest has already purged the package cache; handle both 5.x
  (memtest86+x64.bin) and 6.x (memtest86+.bin) BIOS binary naming

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-15 09:57:29 +03:00
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ISO Build

bee ISO is built inside a Debian 12 builder container via iso/builder/build-in-container.sh.

Requirements

  • Docker Desktop or another Docker-compatible container runtime
  • Privileged containers enabled
  • Enough free disk space for builder cache, Debian live-build artifacts, NVIDIA driver cache, and CUDA userspace packages

Build On macOS

From the repository root:

sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh

The script defaults to linux/amd64 builder containers, so it works on:

  • Intel Mac
  • Apple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4) via Docker Desktop's Linux VM

You do not need to pass --platform manually for normal ISO builds.

Useful Options

Build with explicit SSH keys baked into the ISO:

sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh --authorized-keys ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Rebuild the builder image:

sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh --rebuild-image

Use a custom cache directory:

sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh --cache-dir /path/to/cache

Notes

  • The builder image is automatically rebuilt if the local tag exists for the wrong architecture.
  • The live ISO boots with Debian live-boot toram, so the read-only medium is copied into RAM during boot and the runtime no longer depends on the original USB/BMC virtual media staying present.
  • Target systems need enough RAM for the full compressed live medium plus normal runtime overhead, or boot may fail before reaching the TUI.
  • The NVIDIA variant installs DCGM 4 packages matched to the CUDA user-mode driver major version. For driver branch 590 / CUDA 13.x, the package family is datacenter-gpu-manager-4-cuda13 rather than legacy datacenter-gpu-manager.
  • Override the container platform only if you know why:
BEE_BUILDER_PLATFORM=linux/amd64 sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh
  • The shipped ISO is still amd64.
  • Output ISO artifacts are written under dist/.