Drop support for lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch + buster Debian releases...

[grml-live.git] / docs / grml-live.txt

diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt
index 5733323..6f47da2 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/grml-live.txt
+++ b/docs/grml-live.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Specify name of the release.
 
 Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. If unset defaults
 to "testing". Supported values are: stable, testing, unstable (or their
 
 Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. If unset defaults
 to "testing". Supported values are: stable, testing, unstable (or their

-corresponding release names like "stretch"). Please be aware that recent Debian
+corresponding release names like "bookworm"). Please be aware that recent Debian

 suites might require a recent base.tgz
 (${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz) or a recent version of
 debootstrap.
 suites might require a recent base.tgz
 (${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz) or a recent version of
 debootstrap.


@@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ selected. The following classes are predefined:
 was the init system used by Grml until and including stable release 2014.11,
 starting with beginning of 2016 Grml switched to systemd instead. If you want to
 build a live system in the old style using file-rc instead of systemd then enable
 was the init system used by Grml until and including stable release 2014.11,
 starting with beginning of 2016 Grml switched to systemd instead. If you want to
 build a live system in the old style using file-rc instead of systemd then enable

-this class. Please notice that support for file-rc is no longer being actively
-maintained (the Grml team happily accepts patches though) and file-rc (upstream
-wise) might disappear too.
+this class. Please notice that the Grml team no longer provides support for it
+though.

 
 * FRESHCLAM: execute freshclam (if it's present) to update clamav definitions
 (increases resulting ISO size ~70MB). By default it's skipped to avoid bigger
 
 * FRESHCLAM: execute freshclam (if it's present) to update clamav definitions
 (increases resulting ISO size ~70MB). By default it's skipped to avoid bigger


@@ -348,17 +347,17 @@ ISO size.
 defining a Grml system. Important parts of the buildprocess are specified in
 this class as well, so unless you have a really good reason you should always
 use this class. Please be aware that using *just* the GRMLBASE class won't be
 defining a Grml system. Important parts of the buildprocess are specified in
 this class as well, so unless you have a really good reason you should always
 use this class. Please be aware that using *just* the GRMLBASE class won't be

-enough, because the kernel packages (e.g. linux-image-i386-grml +
-linux-image-amd64-grml) are chosen in further GRML_* classes (to provide maximum
-flexibility with kernel selection). If you don't want to use the existing
-GRML_FULL or GRML_SMALL classes, define your own CLASS file choosing the kernel
-package you want to use (and don't forget to include your CLASS in the arguments
-of grml-live's -c... command line option).
+enough, because the kernel packages (e.g. linux-image-pass:[*]) are chosen in
+further GRML_pass:[*] classes (to provide maximum flexibility with kernel
+selection). If you don't want to use the existing GRML_FULL or GRML_SMALL
+classes, define your own CLASS file choosing the kernel package you want to use
+(and don't forget to include your CLASS in the arguments of grml-live's `-c...`
+command line option).

 
 * GRML_FULL: full featured Grml, also known as the "normal", full grml as
 
 * GRML_FULL: full featured Grml, also known as the "normal", full grml as

-introduced in December 2011 (~600MB ISO size).
+introduced in December 2011 (~750 ISO size).

 
 

-* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized Grml version, known as grml-small (~300MB ISO
+* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized Grml version, known as grml-small (~360MB ISO

 size).
 
 * LATEX: LaTeX(-related) packages like auctex, texlive,...
 size).
 
 * LATEX: LaTeX(-related) packages like auctex, texlive,...


@@ -386,6 +385,8 @@ placed in the output directory under grml_sources.
 * XORG: providing important packages for use with a base grml-featured X.org
 setup
 
 * XORG: providing important packages for use with a base grml-featured X.org
 setup
 

+* ZFS: package selection to add support for OpenZFS/zfsonlinux
+

 [[files]]
 Files
 -----
 [[files]]
 Files
 -----


@@ -486,15 +487,19 @@ please send us a bug report then). Check out <<deploy-on-debian,How do I deploy
 grml-live on a plain Debian installation>> for details how to set up grml-live
 on a plain, original Debian system.
 
 grml-live on a plain Debian installation>> for details how to set up grml-live
 on a plain, original Debian system.
 

-* enough free disk space; at least 1.5GB are required for a minimal grml-live
-run (\~850MB for the chroot [$CHROOT_OUTPUT], \~300MB for the build target
-[$BUILD_OUTPUT], \~30MB for the netboot files and \~300MB for the resulting ISO
+* enough free disk space; at least ~2GB are required for a minimal grml-live
+run (\~1GB for the chroot [$CHROOT_OUTPUT], \~400MB for the build target
+[$BUILD_OUTPUT], \~35MB for the netboot files and \~350MB for the resulting ISO

 [$ISO_OUTPUT] plus some temporary files), if you plan to use GRML_FULL you
 should have at least 4GB of total free disk space
 
 * fast network access for retrieving the Debian packages used for creating the
 chroot (check out "local mirror" to workaround this problem as far as possible)
 
 [$ISO_OUTPUT] plus some temporary files), if you plan to use GRML_FULL you
 should have at least 4GB of total free disk space
 
 * fast network access for retrieving the Debian packages used for creating the
 chroot (check out "local mirror" to workaround this problem as far as possible)
 

+* your output directory should not be mounted with any of the "nodev", "noexec"
+or "nosuid" mount options. (/tmp typically is at least "nodev" and "nosuid" on
+most systems.)
+

 For further information see next section.
 
 [[X8]]
 For further information see next section.
 
 [[X8]]


@@ -517,9 +522,9 @@ The easiest way to get a running grml-live setup is to just use Grml.
 Of course using grml-live on a plain, original Debian installation is supported
 as well. So there we go.
 
 Of course using grml-live on a plain, original Debian installation is supported
 as well. So there we go.
 

-What we have: plain, original Debian stretch (9.x).
+What we have: plain, original Debian bookworm (v12).

 
 

-What we want: build a Grml ISO based on Debian/stretch for the amd64 architecture
+What we want: build a Grml ISO based on Debian/bookworm for the amd64 architecture

 using grml-live.
 
 Instructions
 using grml-live.
 
 Instructions


@@ -561,7 +566,7 @@ Instructions
   # CHROOT_INSTALL="/etc/grml/fai/chroot_install"
   ## adjust if necessary (defaults to ./grml/):
   ## OUTPUT="/srv/grml-live"
   # CHROOT_INSTALL="/etc/grml/fai/chroot_install"
   ## adjust if necessary (defaults to ./grml/):
   ## OUTPUT="/srv/grml-live"

-  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="stretch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
+  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="bookworm http://deb.debian.org/debian/"

   # ARCH="amd64"
   CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64"
   EOF
   # ARCH="amd64"
   CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64"
   EOF


@@ -607,6 +612,12 @@ If you need help with grml-live or would like to see new features as part of
 grml-live you can get commercial support via
 link:http://grml-solutions.com/[Grml Solutions].
 
 grml-live you can get commercial support via
 link:http://grml-solutions.com/[Grml Solutions].
 

+Note that FAI doesn't abort immediately on errors that will ultimately cause
+the build to fail. Be sure to look through the logs and find the actual error;
+look for lines that start with "E: " or contain "FAILED" or "exit code 1".
+Some messages that may look like errors are actually benign; e.g.
+"/tmp/grml64/grml_chroot/var/lib/dpkg is not a mounted ramdisk" is not an error.
+

 [[install-local-files]]
 How do I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [[install-local-files]]
 How do I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


@@ -678,7 +689,7 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP:
   [...]
   APT_PROXY="http://localhost:3142/"
   [...]
   [...]
   APT_PROXY="http://localhost:3142/"
   [...]

-  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="stretch http://localhost:3142/ftp.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free"
+  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="bookworm http://localhost:3142/ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free"

 
 Make sure apt-cacher-ng is running ('/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart').
 That's it.  All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then.
 
 Make sure apt-cacher-ng is running ('/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart').
 That's it.  All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then.


@@ -687,14 +698,16 @@ That's it.  All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then
 How do I revert the manifold feature from an ISO?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 How do I revert the manifold feature from an ISO?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

-The so called manifold feature Grml ISOs use by default allows one to use the same
-ISO for CD boot and USB boot. If you notice any problems when booting just
-revert the manifold feature running:
+By default, Grml ISOs use isohybrid to allow them to be booted from CDs as
+well as USB sticks. Manifold is an alternative to isohybrid.
+
+If you notice any problems
+when booting manifold-crafted media, just revert the manifold feature running:

 
   % dd if=/dev/zero of=grml.iso bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
 
 To switch from manifold to isohybrid mode (an alternative approach provided by
 
   % dd if=/dev/zero of=grml.iso bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
 
 To switch from manifold to isohybrid mode (an alternative approach provided by

-syslinux) then just execute:
+syslinux, used by default for official Grml images) then just execute:

 
   % isohybrid grml.iso
 
 
   % isohybrid grml.iso
 


@@ -706,7 +719,7 @@ How do I create a base tar.gz (I386.tar.gz or AMD64.tar.gz)
 First of all create the chroot using debootstrap (requires root):
 
   BASECHROOT='/tmp/basefile'  # path where the chroot gets generated
 First of all create the chroot using debootstrap (requires root):
 
   BASECHROOT='/tmp/basefile'  # path where the chroot gets generated

-  SUITE='stretch'              # using the current stable release should always work
+  SUITE='bookworm'              # using the current stable release should always work

   debootstrap --exclude=info,tasksel,tasksel-data "$SUITE" "$BASECHROOT" http://ftp.debian.org/debian
   tar -C "$BASECHROOT" --exclude='var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb' -zcf "${SUITE}".tar.gz ./
 
   debootstrap --exclude=info,tasksel,tasksel-data "$SUITE" "$BASECHROOT" http://ftp.debian.org/debian
   tar -C "$BASECHROOT" --exclude='var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb' -zcf "${SUITE}".tar.gz ./