From 0b92d733f82a270e537acce767045a1d376a5063 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Prokop Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:10:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update grml-debootstrap website to latest grml-debootstrap.git state Thanks: Stefan Schlesinger for the pointer --- grml-debootstrap/index.html | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/grml-debootstrap/index.html b/grml-debootstrap/index.html index cf2dfca..fcf2785 100644 --- a/grml-debootstrap/index.html +++ b/grml-debootstrap/index.html @@ -827,6 +827,15 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
+--contrib +
+
+

+ Enable the contrib repository in COMPONENTS. By default only + the main repository is enabled. +

+
+
-d, --confdir path
@@ -861,6 +870,20 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
+--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
@@ -975,6 +998,15 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
+--non-free +
+
+

+ Enable the non-free repository in COMPONENTS. By default only + the main repository is enabled. +

+
+
--nopackages
@@ -1023,13 +1055,15 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
--r, --release releasename +--post-scripts directory

- Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny, - squeeze, wheezy, jessie (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap) - and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE. + Execute scripts from specified directory after executing the chroot script. + This allows customisation of the system after the chroot has been set up. + The environment variable $MNTPOINT is available inside the scripts for + direct access of the chroot. + Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/post-scripts/

@@ -1045,14 +1079,22 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
---scripts directory +-r, --release releasename

- Execute scripts from specified directory. This allows customisation of - the system after the chroot has been set up. The environment variable - $MNTPOINT is available inside the scripts for direct access of the chroot. - Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/scripts/ + 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. +

+
+
+--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.

@@ -1089,9 +1131,10 @@ or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.

- Set up a Virtual Machine instead of installing to a partition or directory. - This allows deployment of a Virtual Machine. The options needs to be - combined with the --target option. + Set up a Virtual Machine using a regular file instead of installing to a + partition/block device or directory. This allows deployment of a Virtual + Machine. The options needs to be combined with the --target option + (qemu-img create -f raw … is executed on the specified target). Usage example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img

@@ -1155,7 +1198,7 @@ any bootloader).

Install default Debian release (jessie) 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://httpredir.debian.org/debian) one.

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
@@ -1251,13 +1294,13 @@ target=/dev/sda1
release=...

Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian jessie. Supported -relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie and sid. Usage example: release=sid

+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://httpredir.debian.org/debian). Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian

@@ -1323,6 +1366,10 @@ cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">

works

+

stretch

+

works

+ +

sid

works[2]

@@ -1338,12 +1385,15 @@ cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
lenny 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 +anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 8.0 (jessie) or something newer 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. +default (http://httpredir.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.

+

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:

@@ -1400,7 +1450,7 @@ deploying a stable release and upgrade it after installation finished.

-- 2.1.4