Specify the CLASSES to be used for building the ISO via FAI. By default only
the classes GRMLBASE, GRML_MEDIUM and I386 are assumed, resulting in a small base
system (being about ~180MB total ISO size). If using a non-I386 system (like
-amd64) you should specify the appropriate architecture as well. Additionally you
+AMD64) you should specify the appropriate architecture as well. Additionally you
can specify a class providing a grml-kernel (see
<<classes,the 'CLASSES' section in this document>> for details about available classes).
So instead of GRML_MEDIUM you can also use GRML_SMALL and GRML_FULL.
+[IMPORTANT]
+All class names should be written in uppercase letters. Do not use a dash, use
+an underscore. So do not use "amd64" but "AMD64", do not use "FOO BAR" but
+"FOO_BAR".
+
+
-C **CONFIGURATION_FILE**::
The specified file is used as configuration file for grml-live. By default
Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. Defaults to
"lenny" (being current Debian/stable). Supported values are: etch, lenny, sid.
Debian "squeeze" (current Debian/testing) requires base.tgz
-(/etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/....tar.gz) or a recent version of debootstrap.
+(/etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz) or a recent version of
+debootstrap.
-t **TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY**::
If you want to use your own configuration, extend an existing configuration
and/or add additional packages to your ISO just invent a new class (or extend an
existing one). For example if you want to use your own class named "FOOBAR" just
-set CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.local or
-invoke grml-live using the classes option: "grml-live -c
+set CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.local
+or invoke grml-live using the classes option: "grml-live -c
GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR ...".
More details regarding the class concept can be found in the documentation of
/etc/grml/grml-live.local
All the local configuration should go to this file. This file overrides any
-defaults of grml-live. Configurations via /etc/grml/grml-live.local are prefered
+defaults of grml-live. Configurations via /etc/grml/grml-live.local are preferred
over the ones from /etc/grml/grml-live.conf. If you want to override settings
from /etc/grml/grml-live.local as well you have to specify them on the grml-live
commandline.
apt-get update
apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install grml-debian-keyring
- # install basefile so we don't have to build basic chroot from scratch:
- mkdir -p /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/
- mv base.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/I386.tar.gz
+ # optionally(!) install basefile so we don't have to build basic
+ # chroot from scratch, grab from http://daily.grml.org/
+ # mkdir -p /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/
+ # mv base.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/I386.tar.gz
+ # mv base64.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/AMD64.tar.gz
# install relevant tools
# please check out http://grml.org/grml-live/#current_state when encountering problems!
- apt-get -o APT::Install-Recommends=false install grml-live squashfs-lzma-tools
+ apt-get -o APT::Install-Recommends=false install grml-live squashfs-tools squashfs-lzma-tools
# adjust grml-live configuration for our needs:
cat > /etc/grml/grml-live.local << EOF
files will be adjusted during runtime automatically.
If MIRROR_DIRECTORY and MIRROR_SOURCES are specified the local mirror will be
-taken as first entry in the generated sources.list so it's prefered over
+taken as first entry in the generated sources.list so it's preferred over
non-local mirrors. Using a fallback mirror (via providing several mirrors in
GRML_LIVE_SOURCES as used by default) is a recommended setting.
/grml-live/grml-live_20071029.22138/grml_chroot//
[...]
+[TIP]
+Existing base.tgz can be found at http://daily.grml.org/
+
[[apt-cacher]]
Set up apt-cacher / apt-cacher-ng for use with grml-live
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