X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-debootstrap.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml-debootstrap.8.txt;h=a18ad84d438d5fa0ff570a5d4e824484da138462;hp=790654c02a9d5d5cc38157962d4a330821131ae9;hb=a64fecc43d38fc8ec220490b772c0c2f2ec7a86d;hpb=cbe2eaeafb3d6606e9503d69589f061e9baa295f diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt index 790654c..a18ad84 100644 --- 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.. +*--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 @@ -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. @@ -193,6 +209,12 @@ any bootloader). grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian +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. @@ -281,7 +303,7 @@ 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 +Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian squeeze. Supported relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid mirror=...