.B grml-debootstrap
command.
.PP
-\fBgrml-debootstrap\fP is a wrapper suite around deboostrap
-for installing a plain Debian system via grml very fast and easy.
+\fBgrml-debootstrap\fP is a wrapper suite around debootstrap
+(and cdebootstrap if you want) for installing a plain Debian
+system via grml very fast and easy.
All you have to do is adjust a few variables in configuration
file /etc/debootstrap/config and invoke grml-debootstrap without
any further options then.
A plain and base Debian system will be installed on the given
-device then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
+device (or directory) then. Customization of this process is
+possible as well.
.SH OPTIONS
grml-debootstrap supports the following options:
.TP
.B /etc/debootstrap/config
Main configuration file. You have to adjust it according to your needs
before you are able to run grml-debootstrap.
+.TP
+.B /etc/debootstrap/chroot-script
+The script executed within the new Debian system as soon as the main system
+has been installed via [c]debootstrap.
+.TP
+.B /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
+Defines the default locales used for generating locales via locale-gen.
+.TP
+.B /etc/debootstrap/packages
+Defines the software packages which should be installed in the new
+Debian system by default.
+.TP
+.B /etc/debootstrap/stages/
+The default directory for storing information about executed stages. Every
+single function of grml-debootstrap will write 'done' to the stages directory
+into a file named as the function itself if it has been executed sucessfully.
+You can adjust the location of the directory via configuration variable STAGES
+via /etc/debootstrap/config. Please notice that you have to remove the stages
+directory on your own if you want to re-execute grml-deboostrap after running it
+successfully once. This should avoid recurrent execution by error of
+grml-debootstrap (which might delete present data).
.SH CUSTOMIZATION
You can control execution of grml-debootstrap via adjusting
directories boot, etc, share, usr and var in /etc/debootstrap/. Every
existing directory will be copied to the new Debian system then.
+.SH SUPPORTED RELEASES
+.TP
+Current status:
+
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+ | Release / Tool | debootstrap | cdebootstrap |
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+ | Sarge | works [1] | works [1] |
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+ | Etch | works | works |
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+ | Lenny | works | works |
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+ | Sid | works | works |
+ +----------------+-------------+-----------------+
+
+[1] Please notice that Sarge is the current old-stable within Debian.
+grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not
+use Sarge anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose
+Etch instead.
+
.SH BUGS
Probably. Please send bugreports to Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>.
.SH SEE ALSO