Extra parameters passed to the debootstrap command.
+*--filesystem* <_filesystem_>::
+
+ Filesystem that should be created when installing to a partition.
+ If unset defaults to ext3. Valid values are all filesystems that
+ can be created through mkfs.<filesystem>.
+
*--grub* <_device_>::
Device where grub should be installed to. Note that only the MBR (master
Skip debootstrap, only do configuration to the target.
+*--nopackages*::
+
+ Skip installation of packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
+
*--insecure*::
Do not download and check signatures for retrieved Release files.
squeeze (note: requires current version of debootstrap) and sid.
Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
+*--pre-scripts* <_directory_>::
+
+ Execute scripts from specified directory before executing the chroot
+ script. This allows customisation of the system before the chroot has
+ been set up. The environment variable $MNTPOINT is available inside the
+ scripts for direct access of the chroot.
+ Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/pre-scripts/
+
*--scripts* <_directory_>::
Execute scripts from specified directory. This allows customisation of
/etc/debootstrap/config
Main configuration file. You have to adjust it according to your needs
-before you are able to run grml-debootstrap.
+if you want to execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without
+any special command line arguments.
/etc/debootstrap/chroot-script
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[1] Please notice that Etch is the current old-stable within Debian.
grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use Etch
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Lenny instead.
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Lenny or
+Squeeze instead.
+================================================================================
+
+[NOTE]
+.Lenny-Release
+================================================================================
+When installing lenny to a new mdraid, grml-debootstrap will use md metadata
+format version 0.90. This limits the device to a maximum size of 2TB, but has
+the advantage of grub-legacy actually being able to boot from it.
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