- --vm Set up a Virtual Machine, instead of plainly installing
- to a partition or directory, to be combined with --target,
- like: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
- --vmfile Like --vm, but install into a file (raw format).
+ --vm Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device
+ instead of plainly installing to a partition or
+ directory. Needs to be combined with --target.
+ Example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
+ --vmfile Like --vm, but install into a regular file (created by
+ 'qemu-img create -f raw ...') instead.
Example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
--vmsize <size> Use specified size for size of VM file (default: 2G).
Syntax as supported by qemu-img, like: --vmsize 3G
Example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
--vmsize <size> Use specified size for size of VM file (default: 2G).
Syntax as supported by qemu-img, like: --vmsize 3G
--grmlrepos Enable Grml's Debian repository (deb.grml.org).
--backportrepos Enable Debian's backports repository (backports.debian.org).
--keep_src_list Do not overwrite user provided apt sources.list.
--grmlrepos Enable Grml's Debian repository (deb.grml.org).
--backportrepos Enable Debian's backports repository (backports.debian.org).
--keep_src_list Do not overwrite user provided apt sources.list.
--hostname <name> Hostname of Debian system.
--nopassword Do not prompt for the root password.
--password <pwd> Use specified password as password for user root.
--hostname <name> Hostname of Debian system.
--nopassword Do not prompt for the root password.
--password <pwd> Use specified password as password for user root.
# make sure /dev/disk/by-uuid/... is up2date, otherwise grub
# will fail to detect the uuid in the chroot
# make sure /dev/disk/by-uuid/... is up2date, otherwise grub
# will fail to detect the uuid in the chroot
- if echo "$TARGET" | grep -q "/dev/md" ; then
+ if [ -n "$VIRTUAL" ] ; then
+ einfo "Virtual environment doesn't require blockdev --rereadpt, skipping therefore"
+ elif echo "$TARGET" | grep -q "/dev/md" ; then
- elif ! [ -n "$VIRTUAL" ] ; then
- blockdev --rereadpt "${TARGET%%[0-9]*}"
+ else
+ # if we deploy to /dev/sdX# then let's see if /dev/sdX exists
+ local main_device="${TARGET%%[0-9]*}"
+ # sanity check to not try to e.g. access /dev/loop if we get /dev/loop0
+ if [ -f "/sys/block/$(basename ${main_device})/$(basename ${TARGET})/dev" ] ; then
+ blockdev --rereadpt "$main_device"
+ else
+ einfo "No underlying block device for $TARGET identified, skipping blockdev --rereadpt."
+ fi
LOOP_PART="$(echo "${DEVINFO##add map }" | sed 's/ .*//')" # 'loop1p1'
export TARGET="/dev/mapper/$LOOP_PART" # '/dev/mapper/loop1p1'
LOOP_PART="$(echo "${DEVINFO##add map }" | sed 's/ .*//')" # 'loop1p1'
export TARGET="/dev/mapper/$LOOP_PART" # '/dev/mapper/loop1p1'
if [ -z "$TARGET" ] ; then
eerror "Error: target could not be set to according /dev/mapper/* device." ; eend 1
bailout 1
if [ -z "$TARGET" ] ; then
eerror "Error: target could not be set to according /dev/mapper/* device." ; eend 1
bailout 1
lenny|squeeze|wheezy)
einfo "Adjusting grub.cfg for successful boot sequence."
sed -i "s;root=[^ ]\+;root=UUID=$TARGET_UUID;" "${MNTPOINT}"/boot/grub/grub.cfg
lenny|squeeze|wheezy)
einfo "Adjusting grub.cfg for successful boot sequence."
sed -i "s;root=[^ ]\+;root=UUID=$TARGET_UUID;" "${MNTPOINT}"/boot/grub/grub.cfg
[ -n "$ARCH" ] && echo "ARCH='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${ARCH}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$BACKPORTREPOS" ] && echo "BACKPORTREPOS='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${BACKPORTREPOS}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$CHROOT_SCRIPTS" ] && echo "CHROOT_SCRIPTS='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${CHROOT_SCRIPTS}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$ARCH" ] && echo "ARCH='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${ARCH}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$BACKPORTREPOS" ] && echo "BACKPORTREPOS='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${BACKPORTREPOS}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$CHROOT_SCRIPTS" ] && echo "CHROOT_SCRIPTS='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${CHROOT_SCRIPTS}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$CONFFILES" ] && echo "CONFFILES='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${CONFFILES}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$DEBCONF" ] && echo "DEBCONF='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${DEBCONF}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" ] && echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${DEBIAN_FRONTEND}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$CONFFILES" ] && echo "CONFFILES='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${CONFFILES}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$DEBCONF" ] && echo "DEBCONF='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${DEBCONF}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
[ -n "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" ] && echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND='$(sed "s,','\\\\'',g" <<<"${DEBIAN_FRONTEND}")'" >> "$CHROOT_VARIABLES"
- cp $VERBOSE "${_opt_packages:-$CONFFILES/packages}" \
- "${MNTPOINT}"/etc/debootstrap/packages
+ if [ "$PACKAGES" = 'yes' ] ; then
+ cp $VERBOSE "${_opt_packages:-$CONFFILES/packages}" \
+ "${MNTPOINT}"/etc/debootstrap/packages
+ fi