X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=6f47da28f6e398a05ad6337699f6b3aeb729118a;hb=5a77db439a8a43d9f07e5f4ec5e4ac500fea8be8;hp=caef1ee9e0ff1fa8906d5e48706e3f62971e9da6;hpb=7833e771fd46dad67cf85db849f798204ca6bb9d;p=grml-live.git diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index caef1ee..6f47da2 100644 --- 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 -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. @@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ placed in the output directory under grml_sources. * XORG: providing important packages for use with a base grml-featured X.org setup +* ZFS: package selection to add support for OpenZFS/zfsonlinux + [[files]] Files ----- @@ -494,6 +496,10 @@ 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]] @@ -516,9 +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. -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 @@ -560,7 +566,7 @@ Instructions # 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 @@ -606,6 +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]. +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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -677,7 +689,7 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: [...] 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. @@ -686,8 +698,10 @@ 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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The so-called manifold feature Grml ISOs can, but by default do not, use allows -one to use the same ISO for CD boot and USB boot. If you notice any problems +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 @@ -705,7 +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 - 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 ./