FAI.me. Build your own
Debian Cloud Image
Mon Sep 21 13:49:01 CEST 2026
The install ISO does not need a network connection during the installation. Therefore, the option rd.neednet was removed from grub.cfg. You still get an IP address (from DHCP if provided), but it's not mandatory for FAI to wait for an IP address to be assigned.


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This FAI.me image is a bootable disk image that can be used with any virtual machine or on real hardware using BIOS boot. It's running a 64bit Debian Linux.

Disk size in Gbytes (≤99):

Disk image format:

Host name:

Username (Not the full name)

User password (or the hash)

If not set, a password will be generated

Root password (or the hash)

If not set, sudo will be configured for the user account

Upload SSH keys for the root account.
Upload a file or use an username for github, gitlab or Debian gitlab or specify a custom download URL.






Git user name or custom URL



Language and keyboard layout

Distribution


Which desktop to install


Select additional software

Add packages to be installed

Separate with spaces, multiple names on one line are fine



Email (optional)

You will be informed when the image generation is finished

Custom script to put into /usr/local/bin/

Execute this script during first boot

Grub options (optional)

Will be used during installation and for the new system
  • You should change the user and root password after installation
  • For the keyboard layout we assume Generic 105-key PC
  • To change the keyboard layout call dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
  • The timezone will be set to UTC. To change the timezone call dpkg-reconfigure tzdata or timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin

Start this disk image with: kvm -m 2G -hda imagename

All detailed logs file can be found inside the VM in /var/log/fai/localhost/last/
Any feedback is welcome. Send an email to FAI.me =at= fai-project.org