Files
bee/iso
Michael Chus 64ae1c0ff0 Sync GRUB and isolinux boot entries; document sync rule
grub-efi/grub.cfg: add KMS+GSP=off entry (was in isolinux, missing in GRUB)

isolinux/live.cfg.in: add full standard param set to all entries
(net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 mitigations=off transparent_hugepage=always
numa_balancing=disable nowatchdog nosoftlockup) to match grub-efi

bible-local/docs/iso-build-rules.md: add bootloader sync rule documenting
that grub-efi and isolinux must be kept in sync manually, listing canonical
entries and standard param set, and noting the grub-pc/grub-efi history.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-18 10:32:16 +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/.