X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=2183a21ba2a1e6746dcc43a9de91a0578d1308bb;hb=93e0340d809d7ce4b9db53dc354345e122907be6;hp=69b874f5019bf0d1993a4e1bf367eb8e93e76795;hpb=357aeccc20289a8b31a4d50ac718b9acc4e65c22;p=grml-live.git diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index 69b874f..2183a21 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -63,29 +63,22 @@ Force execution and do not display summary of configuration details. Display short usage information and exit. - additional_arguments_for_fai:: - -Any additional argument(s) to grml-live will be given to the FAI commandline -(being basically "fai dirinstall ...). This might become a temporary solution -(due to security reasons), if you need an option please let us know so we can -implement it. - How to get your own live-cd - the easy, fast and simple way ----------------------------------------------------------- -To get a small, Debian-stable and grml based live-cd: +To get a small, Debian-stable and grml based live-cd using /dev/shm/ +as build and output directory: + + # grml-live - # TARGET="/grml/grml_uncompressed" - # CDDIR="/grml/grml_cd" - # grml-live -c GRML -t $TARGET - # mksquashfs $TARGET/* $CDDIR/live/grml.squashfs -noappend - # cd $CDDIR - # mkisofs -V "my personal grml" -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ - -boot-info-table -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat \ - -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -o /grml/grml.iso . +[NOTE] -(TODO: provide the content of /grml/chroot/grml_cd through the package -grml-live, in the meanwhile get the content from a current grml-ISO) +If you have about 700MB of free space inside /dev/shm (being a tmpfs, usually +you have >=1GB of RAM) just run "mount -o remount,suid,dev,rw /dev/shm" and use +/dev/shm as build and output directory - resulting in very fast build process. +But please be aware of the fact that rebooting your system will result in an +empty /dev/shm, so please another directory for $CHROOT_TARGET, $BUILD_TARGET +and $ISO_TARGET if you plan to create more persistent output. :) The class concept ----------------- @@ -144,11 +137,11 @@ out-of-the-box so you shouldn't have to configure anything in this file. /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf -TODO +TODO: documentation /etc/grml/fai/NFSROOT -TODO +TODO: documentation /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list @@ -191,6 +184,12 @@ configuration. Scripts for customising the ISO within build process. + /etc/grml/fai/files/ + +This directory provides files used inside the scripts of +/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/*. For a full documentation what happens with the +files please refer to the source of the scripts. + /etc/grml/fai/live-initramfs/ This directory provides the files used for building the initramfs/initrd via @@ -202,9 +201,10 @@ Requirements for the build system * any Debian based system should be sufficient (if not please send a bug report), for example a grml2hd harddisk installation ships all you need -* enough free disk space, at least 700MB are required for a minimal grml-live -run (~400MB for the chroot [$CHROOT_TARGET], ~150MB for the build target -[$BUILD_TARGET] and ~150MB for the resulting ISO [$ISO_TARGET]). +* enough free disk space; at least 800MB are required for a minimal grml-live +run (\~400MB for the chroot [$CHROOT_TARGET], \~150MB for the build target +[$BUILD_TARGET] and \~150MB for the resulting ISO [$ISO_TARGET] plus some +temporary files) * fast network access for retreiving the Debian packages used for creating the chroot (check out "local mirror" and "NFSROOT" to workaround this problem as far @@ -213,28 +213,39 @@ as possiblbe) Known TODOs ----------- -* extend the grml-live wrapper script so it runs all the necessary command in a -single run (boot/isolinux, mksquashfs and mkisofs stuff is missing currently) +* do not use /dev/shm/ als default target directory (which one do we want to use +instead?) -* really support signed apt repositories +* add support for amd64 [gebi?] + ppc [formorer?] (and identify all packages +that are arch specific so we have a clean package list in all classes) + +* support different grml-flavours through classes right out-of-the-box (being: +grml, grml64, grml-small for at least x86, amd64 and ppc) + +* support setting grml-live configuration on the command line to provide +different flavours using the commandline only + +* really support signed apt repositories (currently it's deactivated via fai's +dirinstall for some packages) * explain (and provide configuration for) the use of NFSROOT * support setting stuff like ISO name, version,... (especially for stuff inside x86_files/boot/isolinux) -* identify all packages that are arch specific +* support "final builds" (including stuff like md5sums) -* support different flavours and architectures of Debian (currently it defaults -to Debian/stable x86_32) +* use hooks of FAI as far as possible in all grml-live scripts -* use hooks of FAI in grml-live script? - -* the GRML class(es) should send output as used inside FAI as well (so it's not -as verbose unless you specify it) +* the grml-live class(es) should send output as used inside FAI as well (so it's +not as verbose unless you specify it, make it configurable) * provide possibility for cleanup of all created build directories +* support hooks to further allow customisation of the build process + +* support nocolor-option for /etc/grml/fai/grml/grml_cleanup_chroot + Bugs ---- @@ -245,3 +256,6 @@ Authors ------- Michael Prokop . +///////////////////////////////////// +// vim:ai tw=80 ft=asciidoc expandtab +/////////////////////////////////////