Files
bee/iso
Michael Chus 63363e9629 Add toram boot entry and Install to RAM resume support
- grub.cfg: add "load to RAM (toram)" entry to advanced submenu
- install_to_ram.go: resume from existing /dev/shm/bee-live copy if
  source medium is unavailable after bee-web restart
- tasks.go: fix "Recovered after bee-web restart" shown on every run
  (check j.lines before first append, not after)
- bee-install: retry unsquashfs up to 5x with wait-for-remount on
  source loss; clear error message with bee-remount-medium hint
- bee-remount-medium: new script to find and remount live ISO source
  after USB/CD reconnect; supports --wait polling mode
- 9000-bee-setup: chmod +x for bee-install and bee-remount-medium

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-17 23:48:56 +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/.