/etc/grml/grml-live.local for configuration stuff used inside
/etc/grml/fai/config.
+ -d **DATE**::
+
+Use specified date as build date information on the ISO instead of the default.
+The default is the date when grml-live is being executed (retrieved via
+executing 'date +%Y-%m-%d'). The information is stored inside the file
+/GRML/grml-version on the ISO, /etc/grml_version in the squashfs file and in all
+the bootsplash related files. This option is useful if you want to provide an
+ISO with release information for a specific date but have to build it in
+advance. Usage example: '-d 2009-10-30'
+
-F::
Force execution and do not prompt for acknowledgment of configuration.
this class as well, so unless you have a really good reason you should always
use this class.
-* GRML_FORENSIC: tools for forensic investigations which has been created
-by people from link:http://www.forensic-geeks.org/[forensic-geeks.org].
-
* GRML_FULL: full featured grml, also known as the "normal", full grml.
* GRML_MEDIUM: medium sized grml version, known as grml-medium
/etc/grml/fai/fai.conf
Main configuration file for FAI which specifies where all the configuration
-files and scripts for FAI/grml-live can be found. By default it is set to
-FAI_CONFIGDIR=/etc/grml/fai/config, a directory shipped by grml-live
-out-of-the-box so you shouldn't have to configure anything in this file.
+files and scripts for FAI/grml-live can be found. By default the configuration
+variables are FAI_CONFIG_SRC=file:///etc/grml/fai/config and
+FAI_CONFIGDIR=/etc/grml/fai/config - both pointing to a directory shipped by
+grml-live out-of-the-box so you shouldn't have to configure anything in this
+file.
/etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
Instead use the GRML_LIVE_SOURCES variable inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf or
/etc/grml/grml-live.local which modifies /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list
on-the-fly via grml-live then. If you want to generally adjust apt configuration
-check out /etc/grml/fai/files/etc/apt instead.
+use FAI's fcopy command with /etc/grml/fai/config/files instead.
/etc/grml/fai/config/
Scripts for customising the ISO within the build process.
- /etc/grml/fai/files/
-
-This directory provides files used inside the scripts of
-/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/*. For a full documentation what happens with the
-files please refer to the source of the scripts.
-
/etc/grml/fai/live-initramfs/
This directory provides the files used for building the initramfs/initrd via
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 each new
-invocation of grml-live.
+grml-live itself logs to /var/log/grml-live.log. Unless you set PRESERVE_LOGFILE
+in your grml-live configuration the file is cleared on each new invocation of
+grml-live.
The FAI part of grml-live logs to /var/log/fai/$HOSTNAME/ - so the
default being /var/log/fai/grml/.
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.
+If you want to store build information in a database just install the
+grml-live-db Debian package. Further details available in the grml-live-db
+manpage.
+
[[requirements]]
Requirements for the build system
---------------------------------
* Kernel 2.6.28-grml[64]: does not work
* Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-[IMPORTANT]
-
-Do NOT use a blocksize different than the default (131072 / 128kb). The kernel
-will very probably oops then - so please do not touch the '-b' option of
-mksquashfs.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
[NOTE]
Please use squashfs-lzma-tools >=4.0-2 from Grml if you want to remaster any
grml release being MORE RECENT than 2009.05.
-Using squashfs-tools 1:4.0-1 on the build system
+Using squashfs-tools 1:4.0-X on the build system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-squashfs-tools 1:4.0-1 is available in Debian/unstable and Debian/testing. It
+squashfs-tools >=1:4.0-1 is available in Debian/unstable and Debian/testing. It
provides the mksquashfs and unsquashfs binaries. The package does NOT
conflict with the squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 package (you can install both of
them at the same time).
The packages can be downloaded from
-link:ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs/[ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs/]
+link:ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/[ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/]
It provides support for the new squashfs file format version 4 and therefore
requires kernel versions newer than 2.6.28-grml[64].
* Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works
[NOTE]
-Please use squashfs-tools 1:4.0-1 only if you want to remaster grml releases
+Please use squashfs-tools >=1:4.0-1 only if you want to remaster grml releases
MORE RECENT than 2009.05 using the ZLIB compression.
Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system
# grml stable repository:
deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main
- deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main
+ # deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main
# grml testing/development repository:
deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main
- deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main
+ # deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main
EOF
# adjust apt-pinning (only prefer squashfs stuff from grml):
FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://cdn.debian.net/debian/"
ARCH="i386"
CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_MEDIUM,I386"
- ZERO_LOGFILE='1'
+ # PRESERVE_LOGFILE='1'
# ZERO_FAI_LOGFILE='1'
GRML_LIVE_SOURCES="
deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main
# history | grep grml-live > /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline
# tar zcf grml_live_problem.tar.gz /etc/grml/grml-live.conf \
- /etc/grml/grml-buildd.conf /var/log/fai /etc/grml/fai
+ /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline /etc/grml/grml-buildd.conf \
+ /var/log/fai /etc/grml/fai
-> finally mail grml_live_problem.tar.gz to <mika@grml.org>
If you need help with grml-live or would like to see new features as part of
ISO size (bs = blocksize):
-[width="45%",cols="3,^2,^2,^2",options="header"]
+[width="45%",cols="3,^2,^2"]
|============================================================
-|ISO |LZMA (256kB bs) |LZMA (128kB bs)|ZLIB
-|grml_sid |666M | WIP | 771M
-|grml_squeeze |659M | WIP | 761M
-|grml_lenny |624M | WIP | 723M
-|grml64_sid |677M | WIP | 791M
-|grml64_squeeze |671M | WIP | 785M
-|grml64_lenny |639M | WIP | 745M
-|grml-medium_sid |208M | WIP | 236M
-|grml-medium_squeeze |206M | WIP | 234M
-|grml-medium_lenny |193M | WIP | 220M
-|grml64-medium_sid |213M | WIP | 245M
-|grml64-medium_squeeze |213M | WIP | 244M
-|grml64-medium_lenny |201M | WIP | 231M
-|grml-small_sid |102M | WIP | 118M
-|grml-small_squeeze |101M | WIP | 117M
-|grml-small_lenny |97M | WIP | 112M
-|grml64-small_sid |103M | WIP | 120M
-|grml64-small_squeeze |103M | WIP | 120M
-|grml64-small_lenny |99M | WIP | 116M
+|ISO |LZMA (256kB bs) |ZLIB
+|grml_sid |666M | 771M
+|grml_squeeze |659M | 761M
+|grml_lenny |624M | 723M
+|grml64_sid |677M | 791M
+|grml64_squeeze |671M | 785M
+|grml64_lenny |639M | 745M
+|grml-medium_sid |208M | 236M
+|grml-medium_squeeze |206M | 234M
+|grml-medium_lenny |193M | 220M
+|grml64-medium_sid |213M | 245M
+|grml64-medium_squeeze |213M | 244M
+|grml64-medium_lenny |201M | 231M
+|grml-small_sid |102M | 118M
+|grml-small_squeeze |101M | 117M
+|grml-small_lenny |97M | 112M
+|grml64-small_sid |103M | 120M
+|grml64-small_squeeze |103M | 120M
+|grml64-small_lenny |99M | 116M
|============================================================
Build time of grml-medium's squashfs file (depends on your system, though just
I've a question which isn't answered by this document
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Don't hesitate to ask on IRC (channel #grml on irc.freenode.org) or just drop me
-a mail: <mika@grml.org>
+Don't hesitate to contact the author: <mika@grml.org>
[[download]]
Download / install grml-live as a Debian package