are executed at the end of the chroot procedure.
Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/chroot-scripts/
+*--contrib*::
+
+ Enable the 'contrib' repository in COMPONENTS. By default only
+ the 'main' repository is enabled.
+
*-d*, *--confdir* _path_::
Place of configuration files for debootstrap, defaults to /etc/debootstrap.
*--nointerfaces*::
Do not copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system to the target.
- This option is automatically enabled when using --vmfile.
+ This option is automatically enabled when using --vm or --vmfile.
*--nokernel*::
need to provide regular boot, e.g. a system which provides
ISOs for booting via GRUB using grml-rescueboot.
+*--non-free*::
+
+ Enable the 'non-free' repository in COMPONENTS. By default only
+ the 'main' repository is enabled.
+
*--nopackages*::
Skip installation of packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
command line might be visible in the process list and the shell history.
It's meant for automatic installation only.
-*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
+*--post-scripts* _directory_::
- 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.
+ Execute scripts from specified directory after executing the chroot script.
+ This allows customisation of the system after the chroot has been set up.
+ The environment variable $MNTPOINT is available inside the scripts for
+ direct access of the chroot.
+ Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/post-scripts/
*--pre-scripts* _directory_::
scripts for direct access of the chroot.
Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/pre-scripts/
-*--scripts* _directory_::
+*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
+
+ Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
+ squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap)
+ and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
- Execute scripts from specified directory. This allows customisation of
- the system after the chroot has been set up. The environment variable
- $MNTPOINT is available inside the scripts for direct access of the chroot.
- Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/scripts/
+*--remove-configs*::
+
+ Delete grml-debootstrap configuration files (/etc/debootstrap/*) from installed
+ system. Useful for reproducible builds or if you don't want to leak information.
*-t*, *--target* _target_::
Increase verbosity.
-*--vmfile*::
+*--vm*::
- Set up a Virtual Machine instead of installing to a partition or directory.
+ Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device, which will be
+ partitioned.
This allows deployment of a Virtual Machine. The options needs to be
combined with the --target option.
+ Usage example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
+
+*--vmfile*::
+
+ Set up a Virtual Machine using a regular file instead of installing to a
+ partition/block device or directory. This allows deployment of a Virtual
+ Machine. The options needs to be combined with the --target option
+ ('qemu-img create -f raw ...' is executed on the specified target).
Usage example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
*--vmsize* _size_::
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
-3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
+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 (http://httpredir.debian.org/debian) one.
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
-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.
+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 -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/
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
+releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and sid. Usage example: release=sid
mirror=...
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead
-of the default one (http://http.debian.net/debian).
+of the default one (http://httpredir.debian.org/debian).
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
password=...
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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 8.0 (jessie) 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.
+default (http://httpredir.debian.org/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.
+You also need to specify a filesystem that's supported by lenny, e.g.
+'--filesystem ext3' since grml-debootstrap's current default (ext4) isn't
+supported by lenny.
+
+Also when debootstrapping lenny on a live system with a kernel version
+like "3.16-1-grml-amd64" lenny's libc will fail to install with:
+
+ [...]
+ /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 265: [: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: integery expression expected
+ /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 231: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: syntax error: invalid arithemtic operator (error token is ".16-1-grml-amd64")
+ dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny7_amd64.deb (--install):
+ [....]
+
+To workaround this either debootstrap from a system with an according
+kernel version or use the "fake uname" workaround (just google for it).
+
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]
.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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