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<h2 id="_introduction">Introduction</h2>\r
<div class="sectionbody">\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>grml-debootstrap is a wrapper suite around debootstrap (and cdebootstrap if you\r
-want) for installing a plain Debian system (e.g. via Grml) very fast and easy.</p></div>\r
+want) for installing a plain Debian system very fast and easy.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>All you have to do is adjust a few variables in the configuration file\r
/etc/debootstrap/config or specify some command line options and invoke\r
grml-debootstrap. If invoked without any configuration modifications or command\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+<strong>--backportrepos</strong>\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Enable Debian’s Backports repository (<a href="http://backports.debian.org/">http://backports.debian.org/</a>) via the\r
+ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list configuration file. This provides the\r
+ option to install Debian packages from Debian’s backports repository.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
<strong>--bootappend</strong> <em>appendline-for-the-kernel</em>\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+<strong>--debug</strong>\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Execute in very verbose way. Useful for debugging possible problems\r
+ with grml-debootstrap or identify what’s actually executed.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
<strong>--filesystem</strong> <em>filesystem</em>\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
Filesystem that should be created when installing to a partition.\r
- If unset defaults to ext3. Valid values are all filesystems that\r
+ If unset defaults to ext4. Valid values are all filesystems that\r
can be created through mkfs.<em>filesystem</em>.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
- Use specified hostname instead of the default (being <em>grml</em>).\r
+ Use specified hostname instead of the default (being $HOSTNAME or if unset <em>grml</em>).\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+<strong>--nointerfaces</strong>\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Do not copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system to the target.\r
+ This option is automatically enabled when using --vm or --vmfile.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+<strong>--nokernel</strong>\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Skip installation of default kernel images. This option might be\r
+ interesting for you if you want a Debian system which doesn’t\r
+ need to provide regular boot, e.g. a system which provides\r
+ ISOs for booting via GRUB using grml-rescueboot.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
<strong>--nopackages</strong>\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
Target partition (/dev/…) or directory (anything else without /dev at the\r
- beginning). To install grub using <strong>--grub</strong> make sure to use a <em>device</em>\r
- instead of a directory as <em>target</em> (installation of grub as bootloader when\r
- using directories is NOT supported).\r
+ beginning).\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+<strong>--vm</strong>\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device, which will be\r
+ partitioned.\r
+ This allows deployment of a Virtual Machine. The options needs to be\r
+ combined with the --target option.\r
+ Usage example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
<strong>--vmfile</strong>\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<td class="icon">\r
<img src="./images/icons/warning.png" alt="Warning" />\r
</td>\r
-<td class="content">the command line parsing of grml-debootstrap does not validate the provided\r
-arguments for the command line options. Please be careful and check docs and\r
-/etc/debootstrap/config for further information.</td>\r
+<td class="content">the command line parsing of grml-debootstrap usually does not validate\r
+the provided arguments for the command line options. Please be careful and check\r
+docs and /etc/debootstrap/config for further information.</td>\r
</tr></table>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sectionbody">\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager\r
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install Debian unstable/sid on /dev/sda6, install bootmanager Grub in MBR\r
(master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda6 as system partition.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot\r
-grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot\r
+grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install default Debian release (wheezy) in directory /data/chroot (without\r
any bootloader).</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install default debian release (wheezy) in a Virtual Machine file with\r
3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1\r
-grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1\r
+grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager\r
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.\r
Use specified mirror instead of the default (<a href="ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian">ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian</a>) one.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso\r
-grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso\r
+grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Install Debian on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO\r
for the base-system and install bootmanager Grub in MBR (master boot record) of\r
<div class="sectionbody">\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/config</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>/etc/debootstrap/config</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Main configuration file. You have to adjust it according to your needs\r
-if you want to execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without\r
-any special command line arguments.</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Main configuration file. Adjust it according to your needs if you want to\r
+execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without any special command\r
+line arguments.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/chroot-script</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>/etc/debootstrap/chroot-script</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>The script executed within the new Debian system as soon as the main system\r
has been installed via [c]debootstrap.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/locale.gen</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>/etc/debootstrap/locale.gen</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Defines the default locales used for generating locales via locale-gen.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/packages</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>/etc/debootstrap/packages</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Defines the software packages which should be installed in the new\r
Debian system by default.</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/extrapackages/</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>/etc/debootstrap/extrapackages/</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Debian Packages dropped in this directory will be installed into the new Debian\r
system by default (Control variable: EXTRAPACKAGES)</p></div>\r
-<div class="literalblock">\r
-<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>/etc/debootstrap/stages/</tt></pre>\r
-</div></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The default directory for storing information about executed stages. Every\r
-single function of grml-debootstrap will write <em>done</em> to the stages directory\r
-into a file named as the function itself if it has been executed successfully.\r
-You can adjust the location of the directory via configuration variable STAGES\r
-via /etc/debootstrap/config. Please notice that you have to remove the stages\r
-directory on your own if you want to re-execute grml-debootstrap after running it\r
-successfully once. This should avoid recurrent execution by error of\r
-grml-debootstrap (which might delete present data).</p></div>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect1">\r
correspond with the command line options mentioned above):</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>target=...</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>target=...</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>The target partition/directory of the new Debian system. Usage example:\r
target=/dev/sda1</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>grub=...</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>grub=...</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Where do you want to install grub to? Usage example: grub=/dev/sda</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>release=...</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>release=...</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian wheezy. Supported\r
relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>mirror=...</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>mirror=...</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead\r
of the default one (<a href="http://http.debian.net/debian">http://http.debian.net/debian</a>).\r
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian</p></div>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>password=...</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>password=...</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Set password of user root without prompting for it but set it to the given\r
argument. Usage example: password=AiTh5ahn</p></div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
-<h3 id="_usage_example_for_automatic_installation">Usage example for automatic installation:</h3>\r
+<h3 id="_usage_example_for_automatic_installation">Usage example for automatic installation</h3>\r
<div class="literalblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian password=foobar</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><code>debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian password=foobar</code></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>You have to enter this command line at the bootprompt of the Grml live system.\r
Please make sure that /dev/sda1 is the partition where you really want to\r
</td>\r
<td class="content">\r
<div class="title">lenny release</div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>[1] Please notice that lenny is the current old-stable release within Debian.\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>[1] Please notice that lenny is an unsupported release within Debian nowadays.\r
grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny\r
anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 6.0 (squeeze)\r
or Debian 7.0 (wheezy) instead.</p></div>\r
<img src="./images/icons/note.png" alt="Note" />\r
</td>\r
<td class="content">\r
-<div class="title">sid release</div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>[2] Please notice that sid is Debian/unstable and due to its nature might not be\r
-always installable. What <em>might</em> work instead is deploying a stable or testing\r
-release and upgrade it after installation finished.</p></div>\r
+<div class="title">unstable and testing releases</div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>[2] Please notice that jessie (Debian/testing) and sid (Debian/unstable) might\r
+not be always installable due to their nature. What <em>might</em> work instead is\r
+deploying a stable release and upgrade it after installation finished.</p></div>\r
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<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 2013-02-19 00:04:27 CET\r
+Last updated\r
+ 2014-10-09 09:55:39 CEST\r
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