# variables {{{
PN="$(basename $0)"
-VERSION='0.24'
+VERSION='0.26'
MNTPOINT="/mnt/debootstrap.$$"
# inside the chroot system locales might not be available, so use minimum:
AVAILABLE_PARTITIONS=$(LANG=C fdisk -l 2>/dev/null | \
sed 's/*//' | \
grep -v 'Extended$' | \
- gawk -v num=0 -v ORS=' ' '/^\/dev\// {print $1}')
+ gawk -v num=0 -v ORS=' ' '/^\/dev\// {print $1}'; ls /dev/md*);
if [ -z "$AVAILABLE_PARTITIONS" ] ; then
dialog --title "$PN" --trim \
# ask for Debian release {{{
prompt_for_release()
{
- RELEASE="$(dialog --stdout --title "${PN}" --default-item lenny --menu \
+ [ -n "$RELEASE" ] && DEFAULT_RELEASE="$RELEASE" || DEFAULT_RELEASE='lenny'
+ RELEASE="$(dialog --stdout --title "${PN}" --default-item $DEFAULT_RELEASE --menu \
"Please enter the Debian release you would like to use for installation:" \
0 50 4 \
etch Debian/old-stable \
# execute all scripts in /etc/debootstrap/scripts/ {{{
execute_scripts() {
+ # make sure we have $MNTPOINT available for our scripts
+ export MNTPOINT
if [ -d "$_opt_scripts" ] || [ "$SCRIPTS" = 'yes' ] ; then
[ -d "$_opt_scripts" ] && scripts="$_opt_scripts" || scripts="$CONFFILES/scripts/"
for script in ${scripts}/* ; do