*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
- squeeze, wheezy (note: requires current version of debootstrap) and sid.
- Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
+ squeeze, wheezy, jessie (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap)
+ and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
*--pre-scripts* _directory_::
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
-Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
-Install default Debian release (wheezy) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (jessie) in directory /data/chroot (without
any bootloader).
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
-Install default debian release (wheezy) in a Virtual Machine file with
+Install default debian release (jessie) in a Virtual Machine file with
3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
-Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.
Use specified mirror instead of the default (ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian) one.
release=...
-Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian wheezy. Supported
-relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid
+Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian jessie. Supported
+relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie and sid. Usage example: release=sid
mirror=...
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[1] Please notice that lenny is an unsupported release within Debian nowadays.
grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 6.0 (squeeze)
-or Debian 7.0 (wheezy) instead.
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 7.0 (wheezy) or
+something newer instead.
Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
default (http://http.debian.net/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
[NOTE]
.unstable and testing releases
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-[2] Please notice that jessie (Debian/testing) and sid (Debian/unstable) might
+[2] Please notice that Debian/testing and Debian/unstable (sid) might
not be always installable due to their nature. What _might_ work instead is
deploying a stable release and upgrade it after installation finished.
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