+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_3.2.1_all.deb \
+ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-server_3.2.1_all.deb
+ dpkg -i fai-client_3.2.1_all.deb fai-server_3.2.1_all.deb
+
+or check out the link:http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/[FAI-homepage] for
+further details.
+
+I've problems with the build process. How to start debugging?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Check out the logs inside /var/log/fai/dirinstall/... If you don't have the time
+to debug the problem in further detail or don't know how to proceed just send a
+copy of your config, logs and the commandline with a short problem description
+to <mika@grml.org>:
+
+ # history | grep grml-live > /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline
+ # tar zcf grml_live_problem.tar.gz /etc/grml/grml-live.conf \
+ /var/log/fai/dirinstall /etc/grml/fai
+
+Can I use my own (local) Debian mirror?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sure. Just adjust the variables GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP (if not
+already using NFSROOT's base.tgz) inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf according to
+your needs. Please don't forget that you should use the grml servers as well
+(see default configuration) so all the grml packages can be downloaded as well.
+
+If you want to use a local (for example NFS mount) mirror additionally, just
+adjust MIRROR_DIRECTORY and MIRROR_SOURCES insede /etc/grml/grml-live.conf as
+well.
+
+Unless you specify GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and/or FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP the default from
+/etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list and /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf will be
+taken. If you customise the variables in /etc/grml/grml-live.conf then the two
+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
+non-local mirrors. Using a fallback mirror (via providing several mirrors in
+GRML_LIVE_SOURCES as used by default) is a recommended setting.
+
+How do I add additional Debian package(s) to my CD/ISO?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Just create a new class (using the package_config directory):
+
+ # cat > /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/MIKA << EOF
+ PACKAGES aptitude
+
+ vim
+ another_name_of_a_debian_package
+ and_another_one
+ EOF
+
+and specify it when invoking grml-live then:
+
+ # grml-live -c GRMLBASE,I386,MIKA
+
+I fscked up my grml-live configuration. How do I reset it to the defaults?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notice: this deletes all your grml-live configuration files. If that's really
+what you are searching for just run:
+
+ rm -rf /etc/grml/fai /etc/grml/grml-live.conf
+ dpkg -i --force-confnew --force-confmiss /path/to/grml-live_..._all.deb
+
+[NOTE]
+
+If you don't control your /etc using a version control system (VCS) yet it's a
+good chance to start using it now. Check out
+link:http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/[http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/]
+for more details how to maintain /etc using the mercurial VCS.
+
+How do I create a base.tgz for use as NFSROOT?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+First of all build the chroot system:
+
+ mkdir /tmp/nfsroot && cd /tmp/nfsroot
+ debootstrap etch /tmp/nfsroot/ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian
+ tar zcf base.tgz ./
+
+Then check out where your NFSROOT is located:
+
+ # grep '^NFSROOT' /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
+ NFSROOT=/grml/fai/nfsroot
+
+So as /grml/fai/nfsroot is your NFSROOT place the file under
+/grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/:
+
+ mv base.tgz /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz
+
+Now running "grml-live ..." will use this file as main system instead of
+executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines:
+
+ [...]
+ Calling task_extrbase
+ Unpacking Debian base archive
+ Extracting /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz
+ Calling task_mirror
+ [...]
+
+I've a question which isn't answered by this document
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Don't hesitate to ask on IRC (channel #grml on irc.freenode.org) or just drop me
+a mail: <mika@grml.org>
+
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