grml-debootstrap is a wrapper suite around debootstrap (and cdebootstrap if you
want) for installing a plain Debian system (e.g. via Grml) very fast and easy.
-All you have to do is adjust a few variables in configuration file
-/etc/debootstrap/config (or specify some variables via command line) and invoke
-grml-debootstrap without any further options then.
+All you have to do is adjust a few variables in the configuration file
+/etc/debootstrap/config or specify some command line options and invoke
+grml-debootstrap. If invoked without any configuration modifications or command
+line options a dialog based frontend will be available to control some basic
+configuration options.
-A plain and base Debian system will be installed on the given device (or
-directory) then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
+A plain and base Debian system will be installed on the given device, directory
+or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
CAUTION: The Grml team does not take responsibility for loss of any data!
deploy an i386 system use this option. Note: deploying amd64 from an i386
kernel does *not* work. Example: "_--arch i386_"
+*--backportrepos*::
+
+ Enable Debian's Backports repository (http://backports.debian.org/) via the
+ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list configuration file. This provides the
+ option to install Debian packages from Debian's backports repository.
+
*--bootappend* _appendline-for-the-kernel_::
Specify appendline for the kernel.
mounted the according Debian-ISO to the given _/mntpoint_. See section
'Usage examples' for a demonstration.
-*--insecure*::
-
- Do not download and check signatures for retrieved Release files.
-
*--keep_src_list*::
Do not overwrite user provided /etc/apt/sources.list.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
-Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (wheezy) 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 (stable/squeeze) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (wheezy) 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 (stable/squeeze) in a Virtual Machine file with
+Install default debian release (wheezy) 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 (stable/squeeze) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (wheezy) 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.
- mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
+ mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/
-Install Debian stable/squeeze on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO
+Install Debian on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO
for the base-system and install bootmanager Grub in MBR (master boot record) of
/dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition. Please notice, that the chroot
system requires network access for all packages which are not part of the
full automatic mode. While this mode isn't really useful for interactive
execution (just configure /etc/debootstrap/configure or specify the relevant
variables on the command line instead) it is meant for use via boot option
-debian2hd. The boot option debian2hd (more precise: the kernelname on bootprompt)
-supports the following boot options (they correspond with the command line options
-mentioned above):
+debian2hd on the Grml live system. The boot option debian2hd (more precise: the
+kernelname at the bootprompt) supports the following boot options (they
+correspond with the command line options mentioned above):
target=...
release=...
-Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian squeeze. Supported
+Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian wheezy. Supported
relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid
mirror=...
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead
-of the default one (ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian).
+of the default one (http://http.debian.net/debian).
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
password=...
include::releasetable.txt[]
[NOTE]
-.Etch-Release
-================================================================================
-[1] Please notice that Etch is the current old-stable within Debian.
-grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use Etch
-anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Lenny or
-Squeeze instead.
+.lenny release
================================================================================
+[1] Please notice that lenny is the current old-stable release within Debian.
+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.
+
+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.
+Set the mirror to e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian/ if you don't have
+your own lenny mirror.
-[NOTE]
-.Lenny-Release
-================================================================================
When installing lenny to a new mdraid, grml-debootstrap will use md metadata
format version 0.90. This limits the device to a maximum size of 2TB, but has
the advantage of grub-legacy actually being able to boot from it.
================================================================================
+[NOTE]
+.sid release
+================================================================================
+[2] Please notice that sid is Debian/unstable and due to its nature might not be
+always installable. What _might_ work instead is deploying a stable or testing
+release and upgrade it after installation finished.
+================================================================================
+
Bugs
----
projects / grml-debootstrap.git / blobdiff