Calling the script 'save-config' without any further options will start the script in interactive mode. If any of the following options are provided on command line, save-config will run in non-interactive mode. The following options are supported for specifying which parts should be saved in the configuration file:
-home => save modified hidden files in $HOME (that's: '.*')
-etc => save modified files from directory /etc
-configdir => save complete directory $HOME/config
-all => save /etc, $HOME/.*, $HOME/config and unionfs-snapshot
By default the configuration file will be generated and stored in the current directory. The following options are supported for specifying another destination of the configuration file:
-file foo_bar_config.tbz => save configuration in specified file
-mail user@example.com => send configuration via e-mail
-ssh [user@]remotehost:/path/to/file/ => ssh/scp configuration
It is not only possible to restore a configuration via bootoptions but also via a script namend 'restore-config'. This script exists to restore a specific configuration saved via 'save-config'. Just specify the name of the archive which should be extracted as argument to restore-config.
-home => extract only /home
-etc => extract only /etc
-configdir => extract only $HOME/config
Usage examples: 'restore-config config.tbz' restores config.tbz. 'restore-config -etc foobar.tbz' restores only /etc from configuration archive foobar.tbz.
You have a local partition you would like to use as your home-directory? Just use the interactive script called 'mkpersistenthome'. It will either create a file namend grml.img on the specified partition or create a ext2-partition. grml.img is a loopback device, you can specify its size manually. it is possible to scan through the partitions to identify the appropriate partition. To use the home-directory when booting grml specify the appropriate bootoption on bootprompt:
home=/dev/hda3 => use /dev/hda3 as the homepartition
home=scan => scan through the available partitions and search
for file grml.img