Support --force option to skip user acknowledgement and do not prompt for user input.

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap.8.txt

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
index 01337bb..a18ad84 100644 (file)
--- a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
+++ b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Options and environment variables
     If unset defaults to ext3. Valid values are all filesystems that
     can be created through mkfs.<filesystem>.
 
+*--force*::
+
+    Skip user acknowledgement and do not prompt for user input.
+
 *--grub* <_device_>::
 
     Device where grub should be installed to. Note that only the MBR (master
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ Options and environment variables
 *-r*, *--release* <_releasename_>::
 
     Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
-    squeeze (note: requires current version of debootstrap) and sid.
+    squeeze, wheezy (note: requires current version of debootstrap) and sid.
     Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
 
 *--pre-scripts* <_directory_>::
@@ -165,6 +169,18 @@ Options and environment variables
 *-v*, *--verbose*::
     Increase verbosity.
 
+*--vmfile*::
+    Set up a Virtual Machine instead of installing to a partition or directory.
+    This allows deployment of a Virtual Machine. The options needs to be
+    combined with the --target option.
+    Usage example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
+
+*--vmsize* <_size_>::
+   Use specified size for size of Virtual Machine disk file. If not specified it
+   defaults to 2G (being 2GB). Syntax as supported by qemu-img (see manpage
+   qemu-img(1) for details.
+   Usage example: --vmsize 3G
+
 *-V*, *--version*::
     Show version of program and exit.
 
@@ -177,7 +193,7 @@ Usage examples
 
   grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
 
-Install default Debian release (stable/lenny) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
+Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) 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
@@ -188,19 +204,25 @@ Install Debian unstable/sid on /dev/sda6, install bootmanager Grub in MBR
   mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
   grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
 
-Install default Debian release (stable/lenny) in directory /data/chroot (without
+Install default Debian release (stable/squeeze) 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/lenny) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
+Install default debian release (stable/squeeze) 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
 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
   grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/
 
-Install Debian stable/lenny on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO
+Install Debian stable/squeeze 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
@@ -281,8 +303,8 @@ Where do you want to install grub to? Usage example: grub=/dev/sda
 
   release=...
 
-Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian stable.  Supported
-relases: lenny, squeeze and sid. Usage example: release=sid
+Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian squeeze. Supported
+relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid
 
   mirror=...
 
@@ -320,7 +342,16 @@ include::releasetable.txt[]
 ================================================================================
 [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 instead.
+anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Lenny or
+Squeeze instead.
+================================================================================
+
+[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.
 ================================================================================
 
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