grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
-Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (squeeze) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
-Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (squeeze) in directory /data/chroot (without
any bootloader).
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
-Install default debian release (stable/squeeze) in a Virtual Machine file with
+Install default debian release (squeeze) in a Virtual Machine file with
3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
-Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (squeeze) 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 (ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian) one.
mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/
-Install Debian stable/squeeze on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO
+Install Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO
for the base-system and install bootmanager Grub in MBR (master boot record) of
/dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition. Please notice, that the chroot
system requires network access for all packages which are not part of the
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[1] Please notice that lenny is the current old-stable release within Debian.
grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose stable (squeeze)
-instead.
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 6.0 (squeeze)
+or Debian 7.0 (wheezy) instead.
Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
default (http://cdn.debian.net/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
.sid release
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[2] Please notice that sid is Debian/unstable and due to its nature might not be
-always installable. What _might_ work instead is deploying stable (squeeze) or
-testing (wheezy) and upgrade it after installation finished.
+always installable. What _might_ work instead is deploying a stable or testing
+release and upgrade it after installation finished.
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