grml-live(8) ============ Name ---- grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a grml and Debian based Linux Live system (CD/ISO) Synopsis -------- grml-live [-a ] [-c ] [-C ] [-g ] [-i ] [-o ] [-r ] [-s ] [-t ] [-v ] [-bBFhquVz] CAUTION: Please check out <> for details about current state of involved tools before starting with grml-live or if you encounter any problems. Description ----------- grml-live provides the build system for creating a grml and Debian based Linux Live-CD. The build system is based on link:http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/[FAI] (Fully Automatic Installation). grml-live uses the "fai dirinstall" feature to generate a chroot system based on the class concept of FAI (see later sections for further details) and provides the framework to be able to generate a full-featured ISO. It does not use all the FAI features by default though and you don't have to know FAI to be able to use it. The use of FAI gives you the flexibility to choose the packages you would like to include on your very own Linux Live-CD without having to deal with all the details of a build process. CAUTION: grml-live does **not** use /etc/fai for configuration but instead provides and uses /etc/grml/fai. This ensures that it does not clash with default FAI configuration and packages, so you can use grml-live and FAI completely independent at the same time! [NOTE] Please notice that you should have a fast network connection as all the Debian packages will be downloaded and installed via network. If you want to use a local mirror (strongly recommended if you plan to use grml-live more than once) checkout mkdebmirror (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/mkdebmirror), debmirror(1), reprepro(1) (see /usr/share/doc/grml-live/examples/reprepro/ for a sample configuration), apt-cacher(1) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the base system again and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document for details). Options ------- -a **ARCHITECTURE**:: Use the specified architecture instead of the currently running one. This allows building a 32bit system on a 64bit host (though you can't build a 64bit system on a 32bit system/kernel of course). Please notice that real crosscompiling (like building a ppc system on x86) isn't possible due to the nature and the need of working in a chroot. Currently supported values: i386 and amd64. -b:: Build the ISO without updating the chroot via FAI. This option is useful for example when working on stable releases: if you have a working base system/chroot and do not want to execute any further updates (via "-u" option) but intend to only build the ISO. -B:: Build the ISO without touching the chroot at all. This option is useful if you modified anything that FAI or grml-live might adjust via grml's FAI scripts. It's like the '-b' option but even more advanced. Use only if you really know that you do not want to update the chroot. -c **CLASSES**:: Specify the CLASSES to be used for building the ISO via FAI. By default only the classes GRMLBASE, GRML_MEDIUM and I386 are assumed, resulting in a small base system (being about ~180MB total ISO size). If using a non-I386 system (like amd64) you should specify the appropriate architecture as well. Additionally you can specify a class providing a grml-kernel (see <> for details about available classes). So instead of GRML_MEDIUM you can also use GRML_SMALL and GRML_FULL. -C **CONFIGURATION_FILE**:: The specified file is used as configuration file for grml-live. By default /etc/grml/grml-live.conf is used for main configuration. If a file named /etc/grml/grml-live.local exists it is used as well (sourced after reading /etc/grml/grml-live.conf to allow overriding settings). As a last option the specified configuration file is sourced so it is possible to override settings of /etc/grml/grml-live.conf as well as of /etc/grml/grml-live.local. Please notice that all configuration files have to be adjusted during execution of grml-live, so please make sure you use /etc/grml/grml-live.conf as a base for your own configuration file. Please also notice that the configuration file specified via this option is **not** (yet) supported inside the scripts/hooks/classes at /etc/grml/fai/config. Instead use /etc/grml/grml-live.conf and/or /etc/grml/grml-live.local for configuration stuff used inside /etc/grml/fai/config. -F:: Force execution and do not prompt for acknowledgment of configuration. -g **GRML_NAME**:: Set the grml flavour name. Common usage examples: grml, grml-small, grml64. Please do NOT use blanks and any special characters like '/', ';' inside GRML_NAME, otherwise you might notice problems with booting. -h:: Display short usage information and exit. -i **ISO_NAME**:: Specify name of ISO which will be available inside $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/grml_isos by default. -o **OUTPUT_DIRECTORY**:: Main output directory of the build process of FAI. Some directories are created inside this target directory, being: grml_cd (where the files for creating the ISO are located, including the compressed squashfs file), grml_chroot (the chroot system) and grml_isos (where the resulting ISO is stored). -q:: Build the ISO without (re-)creating the squashfs compressed file using mksquashfs. This option is useful if you just want to update parts outside the chroot in the ISO. Consider combining this option with the build-only option '-b'. -r **RELEASENAME**:: Specify name of the release. -s **SUITE**:: Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. Defaults to "lenny" (being current Debian/stable). Supported values are: etch, lenny, sid. Debian "squeeze" (current Debian/testing) requires base.tgz (/etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/....tar.gz) until it's supported by debootstrap. -t **TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY**:: Specify place of the templates used for building the ISO. By default (and if not manually specified) this is /usr/share/grml-live/templates/. -u:: Update existing chroot instead of rebuilding it from scratch. This option is based on the softupdate feature of FAI. -v **VERSION_NUMBER**:: Specify version number of the release. -V:: Increase verbosity in the build process. -z:: Use ZLIB instead of LZMA compression in mksquashfs part of the build process. Usage examples -------------- To get a small, Debian-stable and grml-based Live-CD using /grml/grml-live as build and output directory just run: # grml-live To get a small Debian-unstable and grml-small based Live-CD using /home/mika/grml-live as build and output directory just use: # grml-live -s sid -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 -o /home/mika/grml-live To get a medium sized, Debian-unstable and grml-based Live-CD for i386 architecture using /grml/grml-live as build and output directory just run: # grml-live -s sid -a i386 -c GRMLBASE,GRML_MEDIUM,I386 To get a small, Debian-unstable and grml-based Live-CD using /tmp as build and output directory and use grml_0.0-3.iso as ISO name (placed inside /tmp/grml_isos) just invoke: # grml-live -o /tmp -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 -s sid -i grml_0.0-3.iso [NOTE] If you have about 700MB of free space inside /dev/shm (being a tmpfs, usually you should have >=1GB of RAM) just run "mount -o remount,suid,dev,rw /dev/shm" and use /dev/shm as build and output directory - resulting in very fast build process. But please be aware of the fact that rebooting your system will result in an empty /dev/shm, so please use another directory for $CHROOT_OUTPUT, $BUILD_OUTPUT and $ISO_OUTPUT if you plan to create more persistent output. :) Main features of grml-live -------------------------- * create a grml-/Debian-based Linux Live-CD with one single command * class based concept, providing a maximum of flexibility * supports integration of own hooks, scripts and configuration * supports use and integration of own Software and/or Kernels via simple use of Debian repositories * native support of FAI features * multi-arch support (work in progress) The class concept ----------------- grml-live uses FAI and its class based concept for adjusting configuration and setup according to your needs. This gives you flexibility and strength without losing the simplicity in the build process. The main and base class provided by grml-live is named GRMLBASE. It's strongly recommended to **always** use the class GRMLBASE when building an ISO using grml-live, as well as the architecture dependent class which provides the kernel (being 'I386' for x86_32 and 'AMD64' for x86_64) and a GRML_* class (like GRML_SMALL, GRML_MEDIUM or GRML_FULL). The following files and directories are relevant for class GRMLBASE by default: /etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/GRMLBASE/ /etc/grml/fai/config/debconf/GRMLBASE /etc/grml/fai/config/class/GRMLBASE.var /etc/grml/fai/config/hooks/instsoft.GRMLBASE /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRMLBASE Take a look at the next section for information about the concept of those files/directories. If you want to use your own configuration, extend an existing configuration and/or add additional packages to your ISO just invent a new class (or extend an existing one). For example if you want to use your own class named "FOOBAR" just extend CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf to CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR" or invoke grml-live using the classes option: "grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR ...". More details regarding the class concept can be found in the documentation of FAI itself (being available at /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/). [[X7]] [[classes]] Available classes ----------------- The package selection part of the classes can be found in /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config whereas some further classes are defined for example in /etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/ so specific feature sets can be selected. The following classes are predefined: * DEBORPHAN: get rid of all packages listed in output of Deborphan * GRMLBASE: the main class responsible for getting a minimal subset of what's defining a grml system. Important parts of the buildprocess are specified in this class as well, so unless you have a really good reason you should always use this class. * GRML_FORENSIC: tools for forensic investigations which has been created by people from link:http://www.forensic-geeks.org/[forensic-geeks.org]. * GRML_FULL: full featured grml, also known as the "normal", full grml. * GRML_MEDIUM: medium sized grml version, known as grml-medium * GRML_POWERPC: grml for PowerPC architecture, not supported yet (still work in progress) * GRML_SMALL: minimum sized grml version, known as grml-small * LATEX: LaTeX(-related) packages like auctex, texlive,... (which used to be shipped by grml before the LaTeX removal) * LATEX_CLEANUP: get rid of several very large LaTeX directories (like some /usr/share/doc/texlive-*, /usr/share/doc/texmf,...) * LOCALES: use full featured locales setup (see /etc/locale.gen.grml). This avoids to get rid of /usr/share/locale - which happens by default otherwise - as well. * NO_ONLINE: do not run scripts during the chroot build process which require a network connection * RELEASE: run some specific scripts and commands to provide the workflow for an official grml release * REMOVE_DOCS: get rid of documentation directories (like /usr/share/doc, /usr/share/man/, /usr/share/info,...) * XORG: providing important packages for use with a base grml-featured X.org setup Files ----- Notice that grml-live ships FAI configuration files that do not use the same namespace as the FAI packages itself. This ensures that grml-live does not clash with your usual FAI configuration, so instead of /etc/fai/fai.conf (package fai-client) grml uses /etc/grml/fai/fai.conf instead. For more details see below. To get an idea how another configuration or example files could look like check out /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/simple/ (provided by Debian package fai-doc). Furthermore /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/fai-guide.html/ch-config.html provides documentation regarding configuration possibilities. /usr/sbin/grml-live Script for the main build process. Requires root permissions for execution. /etc/grml/grml-live.conf Main configuration file for grml-live. All the important steps can be configured at this stage. /etc/grml/fai/fai.conf Main configuration file for FAI which specifies where all the configuration files and scripts for FAI/grml-live can be found. By default it is set to FAI_CONFIGDIR=/etc/grml/fai/config, a directory shipped by grml-live out-of-the-box so you shouldn't have to configure anything in this file. /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf This file is used by make-fai-nfsroot(8) only. Usually you don't have to change anything inside this file. If you want to modify NFSROOT though you can adjust it there. /etc/grml/fai/NFSROOT This file specifies the package list for creating the NFSROOT. /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list This file specifies which mirrors should be considered for retrieving the Debian packages when creating the main chroot (including all the software you would like to see included). Important: this file should *not* be adjusted manually! Instead use the GRML_LIVE_SOURCES variable inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf or /etc/grml/grml-live.local which modifies /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list on-the-fly via grml-live then. If you want to generally adjust apt configuration check out /etc/grml/fai/files/etc/apt instead. /etc/grml/fai/config/ The main directory for configuration of FAI/grml-live. More details below. /etc/grml/fai/config/class/ This directory contains files which specify main configuration variables for the FAI classes. /etc/grml/fai/config/debconf/ This directory provides the files for preseeding/configuration of debconf through files. /etc/grml/fai/config/hooks/ This directory provides files for customising the build process through hooks. Hooks are user defined programs or scripts, which are called during the installation process. /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/ Directory with lists of software packages to be installed or removed. The different classes describe what should find its way to your ISO. When running "grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 ..." only the configuration of GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL and and I386 will be taken. If you use 'grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR ...' then the files of GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL, I386 **plus** the files from FOOBAR will be taken. So just create a new class to adjust the package selection according to your needs. Please notice that the directory GRMLBASE contains a package list defining a minimum but still reasonable package configuration. /etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/ Scripts for customising the ISO within the build process. /etc/grml/fai/files/ This directory provides files used inside the scripts of /etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/*. For a full documentation what happens with the files please refer to the source of the scripts. /etc/grml/fai/live-initramfs/ This directory provides the files used for building the initramfs/initrd via live-initramfs(8). Available log files ------------------- grml-live itself logs to /var/log/grml-live.log. Unless you set ZERO_LOGFILE in /etc/grml/grml-live.conf the output is appended to the file. If you set the ZERO_LOGFILE configuration option the logfile will be truncated on each new invocation of grml-live. The FAI part of grml-live logs to /var/log/fai/$HOSTNAME/ - so the default being /var/log/fai/grml/. If you are using the grml-live buildd you will find the logs of the grml-live run at /var/log/grml-buildd.stdout and /var/log/grml-buildd.stderr. Requirements for the build system --------------------------------- * any Debian based system should be sufficient (if not it's a bug, so please send us a bug report then) [a usual link:http://grml.org/grml2hd/[grml2hd] harddisk installation ships all you need] * enough free disk space; at least 800MB are required for a minimal grml-live run (\~400MB for the chroot [$CHROOT_OUTPUT], \~150MB for the build target [$BUILD_OUTPUT] and \~150MB for the resulting ISO [$ISO_OUTPUT] plus some temporary files), if you plan to use GRML_FULL you should have at least 4GB of total free disk space * fast network access for retrieving the Debian packages used for creating the chroot (check out "local mirror" and "NFSROOT" to workaround this problem as far as possible) For further information see next section. [[X8]] [[current_state]] Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel --------------------------------------------------------- To make it easier to track problems this section documents current state of grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools / squashfs-lzma-tools (for building the compressed file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this section is up2date by 02nd of december 2008, please report any bugs you encounter. System ~~~~~~ * grml-live, version 0.9.6 * building grml-medium (Debian/unstable) * software versions used in the ISO (being installed automatically, recorded just as a reference): ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.92f.grml01 tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.139.1-4grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager ii mdadm 2.6.7.1-1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) ii udev 0.125-6grml0 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ squashfs-lzma-tools from the grml repository supports kernel 2.6.26-grml[64] (version >=grml.05) using both lzma and zlib (-nolzma) compression. It's the recommended package for building ISOs with grml-live currently! The packages can be downloaded from link:http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma/[http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma/]. [NOTE] Please use squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 if you want to remaster release 2008.11 of grml. Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 is available via Debian/unstable and Debian/testing (lenny) pool running: # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.3-7 or directly via downloading the files http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_i386.deb (for x86) or http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_amd64.deb (for amd64) [both build on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well]. Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression at all (so you won't be able to remaster release 2008.11 for example). The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). Please use squashfs-lzma-tools instead. * Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23 * Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works (without LZMA compression of course!) Using squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 is available via the grml-testing repository, running: # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.2r2-9exp1 or directly via downloading the files http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_i386.deb (for x86) or http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_amd64.deb (for amd64). Versions with ZLIB compression (SQUASHFS_OPTIONS='-nolzma' or -z option in grml-live cmdline): * Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works * Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works Versions with LZMA compression: * Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works * Kernel 2.6.26-grml: does NOT work, please use zlib mode instead or switch to Debian package squashfs-lzma-tools (see section above). FAQ --- Help, I'm using Debian etch and I don't have FAI version >3.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wget http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-client_3.2.8_all.deb \ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-server_3.2.8_all.deb \ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download/etch/fai-doc_3.2.8_all.deb dpkg -i fai-client_3.2.8_all.deb fai-server_3.2.8_all.deb fai-doc_3.2.8_all.deb or check out the link:http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/[FAI-homepage] for further details. I've problems with the build process. How to start debugging? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out the logs inside /var/log/fai/... If you don't have the time to debug the problem in further detail or don't know how to proceed just send a copy of your config, logs and the commandline with a short problem description to : # history | grep grml-live > /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline # tar zcf grml_live_problem.tar.gz /etc/grml/grml-live.conf \ /etc/grml/grml-buildd.conf /var/log/fai /etc/grml/fai Can I use my own (local) Debian mirror? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sure. Just adjust the variables GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP (if not already using NFSROOT's base.tgz) inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf according to your needs. Please don't forget that you should use the grml servers as well (see default configuration) so all the grml packages can be downloaded as well. If you want to use a local (for example NFS mount) mirror additionally, just adjust MIRROR_DIRECTORY and MIRROR_SOURCES inside /etc/grml/grml-live.conf as well. Unless you specify GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and/or FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP the default from /etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list and /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf will be taken. If you customise the variables in /etc/grml/grml-live.conf then the two files will be adjusted during runtime automatically. If MIRROR_DIRECTORY and MIRROR_SOURCES are specified the local mirror will be taken as first entry in the generated sources.list so it's prefered over non-local mirrors. Using a fallback mirror (via providing several mirrors in GRML_LIVE_SOURCES as used by default) is a recommended setting. How do I add additional Debian package(s) to my CD/ISO? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just create a new class (using the package_config directory): # cat > /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/MIKA << EOF PACKAGES aptitude vim another_name_of_a_debian_package and_another_one EOF and specify it when invoking grml-live then: # grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,MIKA I fscked up my grml-live configuration. How do I reset it to the defaults? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notice: this deletes all your grml-live configuration files. If that's really what you are searching for just run: rm -rf /etc/grml/fai /etc/grml/grml-live.conf dpkg -i --force-confnew --force-confmiss /path/to/grml-live_..._all.deb [NOTE] If you don't control your /etc using a version control system (VCS) yet it's a good chance to start using it now. Check out link:http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/[http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/] for more details how to maintain /etc using the mercurial VCS. How do I create a base.tgz for use as NFSROOT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all build the chroot system: mkdir /tmp/nfsroot && cd /tmp/nfsroot debootstrap lenny /tmp/nfsroot/ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian tar zcf base.tgz ./ Then check out where your NFSROOT is located: # grep '^NFSROOT' /etc/grml/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf NFSROOT=/grml/fai/nfsroot So as /grml/fai/nfsroot is your NFSROOT place the file under /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/: mv base.tgz /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz or even better use /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz instead. Use I386 as $CLASSNAME for i386 builds and AMD64 for amd64 builds. Now running "grml-live ..." will use this file as main system instead of executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines if using NFSROOT: [...] Calling task_extrbase Unpacking Debian base archive Extracting /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz Calling task_mirror [...] or if using /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz for: [...] ftar: extracting /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles///AMD64.tar.gz to /grml-live/grml-live_20071029.22138/grml_chroot// [...] Set up apt-cacher / apt-cacher-ng for use with grml-live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.conf provides according GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: # cat /etc/grml/grml-live.conf [...] GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-stable main deb http://localhost:3142/deb.grml.org grml-testing main deb http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free " [...] FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="lenny http://localhost:3142/ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free" Make sure apt-cacher / apt-cacher-ng is running ('/etc/init.d/apt-cacher restart' or '/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart'). That's it. All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher/ or /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then. Set up approx for use with grml-live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.conf provides according GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: # cat /etc/grml/grml-live.conf [...] GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" deb http://localhost:9999/grml grml-stable main deb http://localhost:9999/grml grml-testing main deb http://localhost:9999/debian lenny main contrib non-free " FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="lenny http://localhost:9999/debian" Configure approx: # cat /etc/approx/approx.conf [...] debian http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian grml http://deb.grml.org/ Don't forget to restart approx (/etc/init.d/approx restart). That's it. All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/approx now. I've a question which isn't answered by this document ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't hesitate to ask on IRC (channel #grml on irc.freenode.org) or just drop me a mail: Download / install grml-live as a Debian package ------------------------------------------------ Debian packages are available through the grml-repository at link:http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/g/grml-live/[deb.grml.org]. If you want to build a Debian package on your own (using for example a specific version or the current development tree), just execute: git clone git://git.grml.org/grml-live cd grml-live debuild -us -uc Source ------ The source of grml-live is available at link:http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git[http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git] TODO list --------- Check out link:http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-live[grml-live in the grml-wiki] for details. Bugs ---- Please report feedback, link:http://grml.org/bugs/[bugreports] and wishes link:http://grml.org/contact/[to the grml-team]! Authors ------- Michael Prokop ///////////////////////////////////// // vim:ai tw=80 ft=asciidoc expandtab /////////////////////////////////////