Part III Customizing installation images #

This chapter describes how to use cloned images for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. This process is mostly used in virtualized environments.

mksusecd is a useful tool for creating a customized installation image. Use it to modify the regular SUSE Linux Enterprise installation images, adding and removing files, creating a minimal network installation image, customizing boot and repository options, and creating a minimal boot image as an alternative to booting a system from a PXE server.

You can customize the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise installation images by editing a file in the installation ISO image, media.1/products. Add modules and extensions to create a single customized installation image. Then copy your custom image to a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive to create a customized bootable installation medium. See the SUSE Best Practices paper on How to Create a Custom Installation Medium for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 for complete instructions.