Synopsis
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-grml-live [-c <classe[s]>] [-g <grml_name>] [-i <iso_name> ] [-o
-<output_directory>] [-r <release_name>] [-s <suite>] [-t <template_directory>]
-[-v <version_number>] [-FVh]
+grml-live [-a <architecture>] [-c <classe[s]>] [-g <grml_name>] [-i <iso_name> ]
+[-o <output_directory>] [-r <release_name>] [-s <suite>] [-t
+<template_directory>] [-v <version_number>] [-FVhu]
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Important! This document is growing as requested. If you have questions which
aren't answered by this document yet please let me know: <mika@grml.org>!
+This document currently applies to grml-live version 0.0.6.
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Description
local mirror (strongly recommended if you plan to use grml-live more than once)
checkout mkdebmirror (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/mkdebmirror),
debmirror(1), reprepro(1) (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/reprepro/ for a
-sample configuration) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the base system again
-and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document for details).
+sample configuration), apt-cacher(1) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the
+base system again and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document
+for details).
Options
-------
+ -a **ARCHITECTURE**::
+
+Use the specified architecture instead of the currently running one. This
+allows building a 32bit system on a 64bit host. Please notice that real
+crosscompiling (like building a ppc system on x86) isn't possible due to the
+nature and the need of working in a chroot.
+
-c **CLASSES**::
Specify the CLASSES to be used for building the ISO via FAI. By default only
Specify place of the templates used for building the ISO. By default
(and if not manually specified) this is /usr/share/grml-live/templates/.
+ -u::
+
+Update existing chroot instead of rebuilding it from scratch. This option is
+based on the softupdate feature of FAI.
+
-v **VERSION_NUMBER**::
Specify version number of the release.
More details regarding the class concept can be found in the documentation of
FAI itself (being available at /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/).
+Available classes
+-----------------
+
+Documentation to be done...
+
Files
-----
This directory provides the files used for building the initramfs/initrd via
live-initramfs(8).
+Available log files
+-------------------
+
+grml-live itself logs to /var/log/grml-live.log. Unless you set ZERO_LOGFILE in
+/etc/grml/grml-live.conf the output is appended to the file. If you set the
+ZERO_LOGFILE configuration option the logfile will be truncated on a new
+invocation of grml-live.
+
+The FAI part of grml-live logs to /var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME - so the
+default being /var/log/fai/dirinstall/grml.
+
+If you are using the update option of grml-live (option -u) the logs are
+available at /var/log/fai/current.
+
+If you are using the grml-live buildd you will find the logs of the grml-live
+run at /var/log/grml-buildd.stdout and /var/log/grml-buildd.stderr.
+
Requirements for the build system
---------------------------------
mv base.tgz /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz
+or even better use /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz instead.
+Use I386 as $CLASSNAME for i386 builds and AMD64 for amd64 builds.
+
Now running "grml-live ..." will use this file as main system instead of
-executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines:
+executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines if using
+NFSROOT:
[...]
Calling task_extrbase
Calling task_mirror
[...]
+or if using /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz for:
+
+ [...]
+ ftar: extracting /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles///AMD64.tar.gz to
+ /grml-live/grml-live_20071029.22138/grml_chroot//
+ [...]
+
+Set up apt-cacher for use with grml-live
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.conf provides according GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and
+FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP:
+
+ # cat /etc/grml/grml-live.conf
+ [...]
+ GRML_LIVE_SOURCES="
+ deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-stable main
+ deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-testing main
+ deb http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
+ "
+ [...]
+ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="etch http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free"
+
+Make sure apt-cacher is running (/etc/init.d/apt-cacher restart). That's it.
+All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher/ now.
+
Set up approx for use with grml-live
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