<grml_name>] [-i <iso_name> ] [-o <output_directory>] [-r <release_name>] [-s
<suite>] [-t <template_directory>] [-v <version_number>] [-bFhuVz]
-CAUTION: Please check out <<X8,the 'Current state of grml-live with
+CAUTION: Please check out <<current_state,the 'Current state of grml-live with
squashfs-tools and kernel' section>> for details about current state of involved
tools before starting with grml-live or if you encounter any problems.
system (being about ~150MB total ISO size). If using a non-I386 system (like
amd64) you should specify the appropriate architecture as well. Additionally you
can specify a class providing a grml-kernel (see
-<<X7,the 'CLASSES' section in this document>> for details about available classes).
+<<classes,the 'CLASSES' section in this document>> for details about available classes).
So instead of GRML_SMALL you can also use GRML_MEDIUM and GRML_FULL.
-C **CONFIGURATION_FILE**::
FAI itself (being available at /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/).
[[X7]]
+[[classes]]
Available classes
-----------------
For further information see next section.
[[X8]]
+[[current_state]]
Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel
---------------------------------------------------------
To make it easier to track problems this section documents current state of
-grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools (for building the compressed
-file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this section is up2date by 18th
-august 2008.
+grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools / squashfs-lzma-tools (for
+building the compressed file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this
+section is up2date by 27th of september 2008.
System
~~~~~~
-* grml-live 0.9
+* grml-live, version 0.9.4
* building grml-medium (Debian/unstable)
* software versions used in the ISO (being installed automatically, recorded
just as a reference):
- ii busybox 1:1.10.2-1 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
- ii initramfs-tools 0.92f tools for generating an initramfs
- ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot
- ii live-initramfs 1.136.3-2~grml.04 Debian Live initramfs hook
- ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager
- ii mdadm 2.6.7-3 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
- ii udev 0.124-0grml3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
+ ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
+ ii initramfs-tools 0.92f.grml01 tools for generating an initramfs
+ ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot
+ ii live-initramfs 1.139.1-2grml.01 Debian Live initramfs hook
+ ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager
+ ii mdadm 2.6.7-3.1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
+ ii udev 0.125-6grml0 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
+
+Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-lzma-tools from the grml repository supports kernel 2.6.26-grml
+(version >=grml.05) using both lzma and zlib (-nolzma) compression. It's the
+recommended package for building ISOs with grml-live currently.
Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well].
Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression at
-all (yet). The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even
-though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway).
+all. The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even
+though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). Please
+use squashfs-lzma-tools instead.
* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1
instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23
build a Debian package on your own (using for example a specific version or the
current development tree), just execute:
- hg clone http://hg.grml.org/grml-live
+ git clone git://git.grml.org/grml-live
cd grml-live
debuild -us -uc
------
The source of grml-live is available at
-link:http://hg.grml.org/grml-live/[http://hg.grml.org/grml-live/]
+link:http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git[http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git]
TODO list
---------
-Check out link:http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-live[grml-live@grml-wiki]
+Check out link:http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-live[grml-live in the grml-wiki]
for details.
Bugs