X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-debootstrap.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml-debootstrap.8.txt;h=24dd4ae7ae0fb4d9966b9e2646560101f28a2efb;hp=d42d827203ec3ba48c472f66f12b94d8faacb02b;hb=7ec9ddcb8c901ce700b2a9a216f47de95f5a274d;hpb=ae9070d9aba49625ae88f1e2681ecea8cd4bcce1 diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt index d42d827..24dd4ae 100644 --- a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt +++ b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt @@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ Introduction 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! @@ -36,6 +38,12 @@ Options and environment variables 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. @@ -296,9 +304,9 @@ If environment variable AUTOINSTALL is set grml-debootstrap can be executed in a 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=... @@ -317,7 +325,7 @@ relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid 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=... @@ -354,7 +362,7 @@ anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 6.0 (squeeze) 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.