===== Creating a clean Image =====

If you want to create an official XBian image we can use for distribution, follow these steps:

  * Flash the latest XBian image.
  * Boot
  * Stop Kodi and use the terminal or connect to XBian through SSH (stopping Kodi will speed up the process anyway).
  * Upgrade all package as they appear in the stable repository.
  * Reboot
  * Run\\
<code>root@xbian:~# all-clean</code>\\
This command will remove garbage like cached debs for apt, logs, xbian & root histories, it will reset Kodi settings, removes ssh keys (they will be regenerated upon next boot) etc. This will make the clean image even cleaner.
  * Clone to an image file with xbian-config (option 6). Use the **file:/media/usbX/file.img** as the destination path. Make sure you use a usb stick here so no mountpoints are copied inside the image.
  * Done. Put the image somewhere online so we can use it.

//Notes//

This auto process will try to guess the minimum possible size for the destination image file. Unfortunately this leads to a new rootfs (and image) of about ~600mb. This will force btrfs to use mixed-data-metadata structure (because the filesystem is too small). According to the documentation of BTRFS, such a filesystem (even after resize) will keep this structure, which can lead to performance hits. The documentation isn't very specific about what they consider a small or big filesystem and what the actual performance hit is. Probably, it won't make any difference on the SD cards we use.

//Personal usage//

If you want to create an image for your personal use only, then you of course already flashed the image and upgraded it. In that case skip the flash and **all-clean** step.