From: Michael Prokop Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:35:02 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Install and improve README to provide usage instructions X-Git-Tag: v0.4.1~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-rescueboot.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=645c4088a3c05cb3b3b50a41c63c052f04ea82a4 Install and improve README to provide usage instructions Closes: #653695 --- diff --git a/debian/README b/debian/README index ee29972..ddde17d 100644 --- a/debian/README +++ b/debian/README @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ The Debian Package grml-rescueboot ----------------------------------- +================================== -Usually systems are rescued with CD or usb stick. grml-rescueboot makes -it possible to simply copy an ISO image to the harddisk and boot the -rescue image. This eliminates the need to carry around a usb stick +Usually systems are rescued with CD or USB stick. grml-rescueboot makes +it possible to simply copy an Grml ISO image to the harddisk and boot the +rescue image. This eliminates the need to carry around a USB stick to rescue a system as long as the hard disk and the boot manager still work. @@ -11,23 +11,28 @@ grml-rescueboot includes the script 42_grml which is installed in /etc/grub.d and run when update-grub is executed. The script looks for ISO images in /boot/grml/ and adds an entry for each image found. -Howto: ------- +Howto +----- - Get a recent Grml image from http://grml.org/download/ - Copy the image to /boot/grml - Run update-grub - Reboot and enjoy your new rescue system -Limitations: ------------- +Limitations +----------- -grml-rescueboot uses the loopback feature of grub2, so it won't work -with legacy grub. Furthermore the ISO image needs to support +grml-rescueboot uses the loopback feature of GRUB2, so it won't work +with legacy GRUB. Furthermore the ISO image needs to support loopback.cfg, a file which is placed in /boot/grub/. Grml supports loopback.cfg beginning with release version 2010.04. -More technical details can be found here: +More technical details can be found here: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Loopback.cfg - -- Andreas "Jimmy" Gredler Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:28:45 +0100 +Create your own ISO +------------------- + +You can make your own Grml Live ISO image using the grml-live +build framework. Visit http://grml.org/grml-live/ and +http://grml.org/ for more information. diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright index 1490ea6..503d79a 100644 --- a/debian/copyright +++ b/debian/copyright @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It was downloaded from: Copyright: Copyright (C) 2010 Andreas "Jimmy" Gredler - Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Michael Prokop + Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Michael Prokop License: @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. The Debian packaging is: Copyright (C) 2010 Andreas "Jimmy" Gredler - Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Prokop + Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Michael Prokop and is licensed under the GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version, see above. diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install index 8275583..028798c 100644 --- a/debian/install +++ b/debian/install @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ 42_grml etc/grub.d/ etc/default etc/ +debian/README usr/share/doc/grml-rescueboot/