X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=2a746e56efe7ca1382d87cf2754664eb20797e8c;hb=7ca02816220f36c7db5ca4fe3753990b5c4bc3b2;hp=c7cb2c5baf4be08d3b0a829bb69bb5ae7a37b48f;hpb=c87434dfc266018f9fed5e0f471749fad154a1a0;p=grml-live.git diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index c7cb2c5..2a746e5 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ Linux Live system (CD/ISO) Synopsis -------- -grml-live [-c ] [-g ] [-i ] [-o -] [-r ] [-s ] [-t ] -[-v ] [-FVh] +grml-live [-a ] [-c ] [-g ] [-i ] +[-o ] [-r ] [-s ] [-t +] [-v ] [-FVh] ******************************************************************************* Important! This document is growing as requested. If you have questions which aren't answered by this document yet please let me know: ! +This document currently applies to grml-live version 0.0.6. ******************************************************************************* Description @@ -47,12 +48,20 @@ packages will be downloaded and installed via network. If you want to use a local mirror (strongly recommended if you plan to use grml-live more than once) checkout mkdebmirror (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/mkdebmirror), debmirror(1), reprepro(1) (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/reprepro/ for a -sample configuration) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the base system again -and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document for details). +sample configuration), apt-cacher(1) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the +base system again and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document +for details). Options ------- + -a **ARCHITECTURE**:: + +Use the specified architecture instead of the currently running one. This +allows building a 32bit system on a 64bit host. Please notice that real +crosscompiling (like building a ppc system on x86) isn't possible due to the +nature and the need of working in a chroot. + -c **CLASSES**:: Specify the CLASSES to be used for building the ISO via FAI. By default only @@ -186,6 +195,11 @@ option: "grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR ...". More details regarding the class concept can be found in the documentation of FAI itself (being available at /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/). +Available classes +----------------- + +To be done... + Files ----- @@ -406,6 +420,31 @@ executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines: Calling task_mirror [...] +[NOTE] + +Notice that you can also use /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz if +you prefer to use /etc as the main configuration directory instead of +/path/to/nfsroot/.... (Thanks to Thomas Lange for the tip.) + +Set up apt-cacher for use with grml-live +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.conf provides according GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and +FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: + + # cat /etc/grml/grml-live.conf + [...] + GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" + deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-stable main + deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-testing main + deb http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free + " + [...] + FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="etch http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free" + +Make sure apt-cacher is running (/etc/init.d/apt-cacher restart). That's it. +All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher/ now. + Set up approx for use with grml-live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~