easier to adjust settings according to your needs.
* Improve error handling in grml-live, including a check
for pipestatus of fai command.
- * Output grml version in grml's live-initramfs script.
+ * Output grml version in grml's live-initramfs script
Thanks for the idea, Marc Haber. [Closes: issue488]
- * Drop glimpse from GRML_FULL due to license problems,
- see #474322.
- * Improve look and feel of booting message (being
- /etc/grml/fai/live-initramfs/grml-script.init-top).
+ * Drop glimpse from GRML_FULL due to license problems, see #474322.
* Display SQUASHFS_OPTIONS in configuration overview.
* Make sure it's possible to get usage information without being
root or actually executing the script.
+ * Improve usage information screen.
* Display progress of squashfs, when building via a buildsystem
just set -no-progress in $SQUASHFS_OPTIONS instead.
- -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:41:25 +0200
+ -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:51:19 +0200
grml-live (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
Synopsis
--------
-grml-live [-a <architecture>] [-c <classe[s]>] [-g <grml_name>] [-i <iso_name> ]
-[-o <output_directory>] [-r <release_name>] [-s <suite>] [-t
-<template_directory>] [-v <version_number>] [-bFVhuz]
+grml-live [-a <architecture>] [-c <classe[s]>] [-C <configfile>] [-g
+<grml_name>] [-i <iso_name> ] [-o <output_directory>] [-r <release_name>] [-s
+<suite>] [-t <template_directory>] [-v <version_number>] [-bFhuVz]
-*******************************************************************************
-Important: squashfs-tools in Debian (version 1:3.3-6 for example) currently
-don't work as expected for grml-live. Please install grml's version 1:3.2r2-9exp1 from
-http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_i386.deb (for x86) or
-http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_amd64.deb (for amd64)
-on your build-system instead.
-*******************************************************************************
-
-*******************************************************************************
-Notice! This document is growing as requested. If you have questions which
-aren't answered by this document yet please let me know: <mika@grml.org>!
-*******************************************************************************
+CAUTION: Please check out <<X8,the 'Current state of grml-live with
+squashfs-tools and kernel' section>> for details about current state of involved
+tools before starting with grml-live or if you encounter any problems.
Description
-----------
example in /etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/ so specific feature sets can be
selected. The following classes are predefined:
-* DEBORPHAN:
+* DEBORPHAN: get rid of all packages listed in output of Deborphan
+
* GRMLBASE: the main class responsible for getting a minimal subset of what's
defining a grml system. Important parts of the buildprocess are specified in
this class as well, so unless you have a really good reason you should always
use this class.
+
* GRML_FORENSIC: tools for forensic investigations which has been created
by people from link:http://www.forensic-geeks.org/[forensic-geeks.org].
-* GRML_FULL: full featured grml, also know as the "normal", full grml.
-* GRML_MEDIUM:
-* GRML_POWERPC:
-* GRML_SMALL:
-* LATEX_CLEANUP:
-* LOCALES:
-* NO_ONLINE:
-* RELEASE:
-* REMOVE_DOCS:
-* XORG:
+
+* GRML_FULL: full featured grml, also known as the "normal", full grml.
+
+* GRML_MEDIUM: medium sized grml version, known as grml-medium
+
+* GRML_POWERPC: grml for PowerPC architecture, not supported yet (still work in
+progress)
+
+* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized grml version, known as grml-small
+
+* LATEX_CLEANUP: get rid of several very large LaTeX directories
+(like some /usr/share/doc/texlive-*, /usr/share/doc/texmf,...)
+
+* LOCALES: use full featured locales setup (see /etc/locale.gen.grml)
+
+* NO_ONLINE: do not run scripts during the chroot build process which require a
+network connection
+
+* RELEASE: run some specific scripts and commands to provide the workflow for an
+official grml release
+
+* REMOVE_DOCS: get rid of documentation directories (like /usr/share/doc,
+/usr/share/man/, /usr/share/info,...)
+
+* XORG: providing important packages for use with a base grml-featured X.org
+setup
Files
-----
chroot (check out "local mirror" and "NFSROOT" to workaround this problem as far
as possiblbe)
+For further information see next section.
+
+[[X8]]
+Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+To make it easier to track problems this section documents current state of
+grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools (for building the compressed
+file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this section is up2date by 18th
+august 2008.
+
+System
+~~~~~~
+
+* grml-live 0.9
+
+* building grml-medium (Debian/unstable)
+
+* software versions used in the ISO (being installed automatically, recorded
+just as a reference):
+
+ ii busybox 1:1.10.2-1 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
+ ii initramfs-tools 0.92f tools for generating an initramfs
+ ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot
+ ii live-initramfs 1.136.3-2~grml.04 Debian Live initramfs hook
+ ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager
+ ii mdadm 2.6.7-3 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
+ ii udev 0.124-0grml3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
+
+Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 is available via Debian/unstable and Debian/testing
+(lenny) pool running:
+
+ # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.3-7
+
+or directly via downloading the files
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_i386.deb (for x86) or
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_amd64.deb (for amd64) [both build
+on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well].
+
+Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression at
+all (yet). The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even
+though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway).
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1
+ instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works
+
+Using squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 is available via the grml-testing repository,
+running:
+
+ # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.2r2-9exp1
+
+or directly via downloading the files
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_i386.deb (for x86) or
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_amd64.deb (for amd64).
+
+Versions with ZLIB compression (SQUASHFS_OPTIONS='-nolzma' or -z
+option in grml-live cmdline):
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works
+
+Versions with LZMA compression:
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: does NOT work, please use zlib mode instead
+
FAQ
---
Help, I'm using Debian etch and I don't have FAI version >3.2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- wget http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-client_3.2.6_all.deb \
- http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-server_3.2.6_all.deb \
- http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-doc_3.2.6_all.deb
- dpkg -i fai-client_3.2.6_all.deb fai-server_3.2.6_all.deb fai-doc_3.2.6_all.deb
+ wget http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-client_3.2.8_all.deb \
+ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-server_3.2.8_all.deb \
+ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-doc_3.2.8_all.deb
+ dpkg -i fai-client_3.2.8_all.deb fai-server_3.2.8_all.deb fai-doc_3.2.8_all.deb
or check out the link:http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/[FAI-homepage] for
further details.
Authors
-------
-Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>.
+Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
/////////////////////////////////////
// vim:ai tw=80 ft=asciidoc expandtab
echo "
$PN - build process script for generating a (grml based) Linux Live-ISO
-Usage: $PN [-a <architecture>] [-c <classe[s]>] [-g <grml_name>] \\
- [-i <iso_name> ] [-o <output_directory>] [-s <suite>] \\
- [-t <template_directory>] [-s <suite>] \\
- [-v <version_number>] [-bFVhu]
+Usage: $PN [options, see as follows]
+
+ -a <architecture> architecture; available values: i386 and amd64
+ -b build the ISO without updating the chroot via FAI
+ -c <classe[s]> classes to be used for building the ISO via FAI
+ -C <configfile> configuration file for grml-live
+ -F force execution without prompting
+ -g <grml_name>] set the grml flavour name
+ -h display short usage information and exit
+ -i <iso_name> name of ISO
+ -o <output_directory> main output directory of the build process
+ -r release name
+ -s <suite> Debian suite; values: etch, lenny, sid
+ -t <template_directory> place of the templates
+ -u update existing chroot instead of rebuilding it from scratch
+ -v <version_number> specify version number of the release
+ -V increase verbosity in the build process
+ -z use ZLIB instead of LZMA compression
Usage examples:
$PN
- $PN -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 -o /grml/
$PN -c GRMLBASE,GRML_MEDIUM,I386 -o /dev/shm/grml
$PN -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 -g grml-small -v 1.0
$PN -c GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,I386 -i grml_0.0-1.iso -v 0.0-1
$PN -c GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,I386 -s sid -V -r 'grml-live rocks'
-More details: man grml-live
- /usr/share/doc/grml-live/grml-live.html
+More details: man grml-live + /usr/share/doc/grml-live/grml-live.html
+ http://grml.org/grml-live/
-Please send your bug reports, feedback,.. to the grml-team.
-http://grml.org/bugs/
+Please send your bug reports and feedback to the grml-team: http://grml.org/bugs/
"
}
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