X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-debootstrap.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml-debootstrap.8.txt;h=b572f5cb06d0c035621abd2b7e030d2bed5e21cd;hp=890287d37102901aa66df34a623fd52e58306796;hb=HEAD;hpb=f4d3906aae588d8dac1a146f05151211073cbb80 diff --git a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt index 890287d..457d4b4 100644 --- a/grml-debootstrap.8.txt +++ b/grml-debootstrap.8.txt @@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ Options and environment variables *-r*, *--release* _releasename_:: - Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny, - squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid. + Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: + jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE. Default release: bookworm *--remove-configs*:: @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ Where do you want to install grub to? Usage example: grub=/dev/sda release=... Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian bookworm. -Supported releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid. +Supported releases: jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid. Usage example: release=bullseye mirror=... @@ -445,11 +445,12 @@ Supported Releases include::releasetable.txt[] [NOTE] -.lenny/squeeze/wheezy/jessie/stretch/buster release +.jessie/stretch/buster release ================================================================================ -[1] Please notice that releases like lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and buster are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays. -grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them -anymore unless you really know what you are doing. +[1] Please notice that releases like jessie, stretch and buster are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays. +grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them anymore unless you really know what you are doing. +Even older versions are also entirely unsupported by grml-debootstrap. + Choose the current Debian stable version instead. See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for the list of supported releases. @@ -463,26 +464,6 @@ throwing segfaults during debootstrap. This can be identified by the following m dpkg[...]: segfault at [...] To work around this issue boot your system with the kernel boot option 'vsyscall=emulate'. - -You also need to specify a filesystem that's supported by lenny, e.g. -'--filesystem ext3' since grml-debootstrap's current default (ext4) isn't -supported by lenny. - -Also when debootstrapping lenny on a live system with a kernel version -like "3.16-1-grml-amd64" lenny's libc will fail to install with: - - [...] - /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 265: [: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: integery expression expected - /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 231: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: syntax error: invalid arithemtic operator (error token is ".16-1-grml-amd64") - dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny7_amd64.deb (--install): - [....] - -To workaround this either debootstrap from a system with an according -kernel version or use the "fake uname" workaround (just google for it). - -When installing lenny to a new mdraid, grml-debootstrap will use md metadata -format version 0.90. This limits the device to a maximum size of 2TB, but has -the advantage of grub-legacy actually being able to boot from it. ================================================================================ [NOTE]