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.
Extra parameters passed to the debootstrap command.
+*--debug*::
+
+ Execute in very verbose way. Useful for debugging possible problems
+ with grml-debootstrap or identify what's actually executed.
+
*--filesystem* _filesystem_::
Filesystem that should be created when installing to a partition.
- If unset defaults to ext3. Valid values are all filesystems that
+ If unset defaults to ext4. Valid values are all filesystems that
can be created through mkfs._filesystem_.
*--force*::
Skip debootstrap, only do configuration to the target.
+*--nointerfaces*::
+
+ Do not copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system to the target.
+ This option is automatically enabled when using --vmfile.
+
*--nopackages*::
Skip installation of packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
*-t*, *--target* _target_::
Target partition (/dev/...) or directory (anything else without /dev at the
- beginning). To install grub using *--grub* make sure to use a _device_
- instead of a directory as _target_ (installation of grub as bootloader when
- using directories is NOT supported).
+ beginning).
*-v*, *--verbose*::
Increase verbosity.
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=...
mirror=...
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead
-of the default one (http://cdn.debian.net/debian).
+of the default one (http://http.debian.net/debian).
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
password=...
or Debian 7.0 (wheezy) instead.
Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
-default (http://cdn.debian.net/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
+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.
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