Execute in very verbose way. Useful for debugging possible problems
with grml-debootstrap or identify what's actually executed.
+*--defaultinterfaces*::
+
+ Install a default /etc/network/interfaces file (enabling DHCP for eth0)
+ instead of taking over config from host system.
+
+*--efi* _device_::
+
+ Partition where EFI boot manager should be installed to. If the
+ specified device doesn't use a FAT filesystem yet grml-debootstrap
+ automatically creates the filesystem. If a FAT filesystem is already
+ present the filesystem creation is skipped. Please ensure that it's
+ a valid FAT32 filesystem and the partition has the 'boot' and 'esp'
+ flags enabled. This option requires EFI support on the running system
+ and the option is NOT supported for Virtual Machine deployments.
+
*--filesystem* _filesystem_::
Filesystem that should be created when installing to a partition.
*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
- squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap)
- and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
+ squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and sid. Corresponding with configuration
+ variable RELEASE. Default release: stretch
+
+*--remove-configs*::
+
+ Delete grml-debootstrap configuration files (/etc/debootstrap/*) from installed
+ system. Useful for reproducible builds or if you don't want to leak information.
*-t*, *--target* _target_::
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
-Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (stretch) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
-Install default Debian release (jessie) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (stretch) in directory /data/chroot (without
any bootloader).
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
-Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (stretch) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.
-Use specified mirror instead of the default (http://http.debian.net/debian) one.
+Use specified mirror instead of the default (http://deb.debian.org/debian) one.
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
-Install default debian release (jessie) in a Virtual Machine file with
+Install default debian release (stretch) in a Virtual Machine file with
3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
release=...
-Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian jessie. Supported
+Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian stretch. Supported
releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and sid. Usage example: release=sid
mirror=...
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead
-of the default one (http://http.debian.net/debian).
+of the default one (http://deb.debian.org/debian).
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
password=...
include::releasetable.txt[]
[NOTE]
-.lenny release
+.lenny/squeeze release
================================================================================
-[1] Please notice that lenny is an unsupported release within Debian nowadays.
-grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 7.0 (wheezy) or
-something newer instead.
+[1] Please notice that lenny and squeeze are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays.
+grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose the current Debian
+stable version instead.
-Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
-default (http://http.debian.net/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
+Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny/squeeze releases, the
+default (http://deb.debian.org/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
Set the mirror to e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian/ if you don't have
-your own lenny mirror.
+your own lenny/squeeze mirror.
+
+You also need to specify a filesystem that's supported by lenny, e.g.
+'--filesystem ext3' since grml-debootstrap's current default (ext4) isn't
+supported by lenny.
Also when debootstrapping lenny on a live system with a kernel version
like "3.16-1-grml-amd64" lenny's libc will fail to install with: