X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-debootstrap.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml-debootstrap.8.txt;h=2dce6db2120e4368feae7152174fe8396b64a84f;hp=1cacd8a9433af9ba16a7d776fb4836e182697a50;hb=960e54dbc6f4c1b446e1df444b1b71275ee30b5e;hpb=8b1c652b800232a1ec82272e9802f1a252cf0f36 diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt index 1cacd8a..2dce6db 100644 --- a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt +++ b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 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. +want) for installing a plain Debian system very fast and easy. 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 @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Options and environment variables *--hostname* _hostname_:: - Use specified hostname instead of the default (being 'grml'). + Use specified hostname instead of the default (being $HOSTNAME or if unset 'grml'). *-i*, *--iso* _/mntpoint_:: @@ -132,6 +132,18 @@ Options and environment variables Skip debootstrap, only do configuration to the target. +*--nointerfaces*:: + + Do not copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system to the target. + This option is automatically enabled when using --vm or --vmfile. + +*--nokernel*:: + + Skip installation of default kernel images. This option might be + interesting for you if you want a Debian system which doesn't + need to provide regular boot, e.g. a system which provides + ISOs for booting via GRUB using grml-rescueboot. + *--nopackages*:: Skip installation of packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages. @@ -182,32 +194,43 @@ Options and environment variables Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/scripts/ *-t*, *--target* _target_:: + Target partition (/dev/...) or directory (anything else without /dev at the - beginning). To install grub using *--grub* make sure to use a _device_ - instead of a directory as _target_ (installation of grub as bootloader when - using directories is NOT supported). + beginning). *-v*, *--verbose*:: + Increase verbosity. +*--vm*:: + + 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 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. -WARNING: the command line parsing of grml-debootstrap does not validate the provided -arguments for the command line options. Please be careful and check docs and -/etc/debootstrap/config for further information. +WARNING: the command line parsing of grml-debootstrap usually does not validate +the provided arguments for the command line options. Please be careful and check +docs and /etc/debootstrap/config for further information. Usage examples --------------- @@ -254,9 +277,9 @@ Files /etc/debootstrap/config -Main configuration file. You have to adjust it according to your needs -if you want to execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without -any special command line arguments. +Main configuration file. Adjust it according to your needs if you want to +execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without any special command +line arguments. /etc/debootstrap/chroot-script @@ -277,17 +300,6 @@ Debian system by default. Debian Packages dropped in this directory will be installed into the new Debian system by default (Control variable: EXTRAPACKAGES) - /etc/debootstrap/stages/ - -The default directory for storing information about executed stages. Every -single function of grml-debootstrap will write 'done' to the stages directory -into a file named as the function itself if it has been executed successfully. -You can adjust the location of the directory via configuration variable STAGES -via /etc/debootstrap/config. Please notice that you have to remove the stages -directory on your own if you want to re-execute grml-debootstrap after running it -successfully once. This should avoid recurrent execution by error of -grml-debootstrap (which might delete present data). - Customization ------------- @@ -338,8 +350,8 @@ Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian Set password of user root without prompting for it but set it to the given argument. Usage example: password=AiTh5ahn -Usage example for automatic installation: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Usage example for automatic installation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian password=foobar @@ -361,7 +373,7 @@ include::releasetable.txt[] [NOTE] .lenny release ================================================================================ -[1] Please notice that lenny is the current old-stable release within Debian. +[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. @@ -377,11 +389,11 @@ the advantage of grub-legacy actually being able to boot from it. ================================================================================ [NOTE] -.sid release +.unstable and testing releases ================================================================================ -[2] Please notice that sid is Debian/unstable and due to its nature might not be -always installable. What _might_ work instead is deploying a stable or testing -release and upgrade it after installation finished. +[2] Please notice that jessie (Debian/testing) and sid (Debian/unstable) might +not be always installable due to their nature. What _might_ work instead is +deploying a stable release and upgrade it after installation finished. ================================================================================ Bugs