Update for kernel 2.6.38-grml[64], featuring LZMA/XZ support - requiring squashfs...

[grml-live.git] / docs / grml-live.txt

diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt
index 25752b8..3809075 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/grml-live.txt
+++ b/docs/grml-live.txt
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ 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
+"squeeze" (being current Debian/stable). Supported values are: etch, lenny,
+squeeze, sid. Debian "squeeze" requires a recent base.tgz
 (/etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz) or a recent version of
 debootstrap.
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Increase verbosity in the build process.
 
   -z::
 
-Use ZLIB instead of LZMA compression in mksquashfs part of the build process.
+Use ZLIB instead of LZMA/XZ compression in mksquashfs part of the build process.
 
 [[usage-examples]]
 Usage examples
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ For further information see next section.
 Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-Use squashfs-tools >=4.1-1 (available from Grml repositories as well as from
-Debian/experimental) to build Grml (based) ISOs featuring kernel version
-2.6.36-grml[64].
+Use squashfs-tools >=4.2-1 (available from Grml repositories as well as from
+Debian/unstable) to build Grml (based) ISOs featuring kernel version
+2.6.38-grml[64].
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Difference between squashfs-lzma-tools, squashfs-lzma-tools4 and squashfs-tools
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ 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://cdn.debian.net/debian
+  debootstrap squeeze /tmp/nfsroot/ http://cdn.debian.net/debian
   tar zcf base.tgz ./
 
 Then check out where your NFSROOT is located:
@@ -996,10 +996,10 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP:
   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/cdn.debian.net/debian lenny main contrib non-free
+  deb http://localhost:3142/cdn.debian.net/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
   "
   [...]
-  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="lenny http://localhost:3142/cdn.debian.net/debian lenny main contrib non-free"
+  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://localhost:3142/cdn.debian.net/debian squeeze 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
@@ -1017,9 +1017,9 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP:
   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
+  deb http://localhost:9999/debian squeeze  main contrib non-free
   "
-  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="lenny http://localhost:9999/debian"
+  FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://localhost:9999/debian"
 
 Configure approx:
 
@@ -1031,6 +1031,38 @@ Configure approx:
 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.
 
+[[revert_manifold]]
+How do I revert the manifold feature from an ISO?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The so called manifold feature Grml ISOs use by default allows to use the same
+ISO for CD boot and USB boot. If you notice any problems when booting just
+revert the manifold feature running:
+
+  % dd if=/dev/zero of=grml.iso bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
+
+To switch from manifold to isohybrid mode (an alternative approach provided by
+syslinux) then just execute:
+
+  % isohybrid grml.iso
+
+[[basetgz]]
+How to I create a base tar.gz (I386.tar.gz or AMD64.tar.gz)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Execute the following commands (requires root):
+
+  ARCH='amd64' # replace with i386 if necessary
+  SUITE='squeeze' # using the current stable release should always work
+  debootstrap --arch "$ARCH" --exclude=info,tasksel,tasksel-data "$SUITE" "$ARCH" http://debian.netcologne.de/debian
+  cd "$ARCH"
+  rm var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
+  tar zcf ../"${ARCH}".tar.gz *
+
+And finally place the generated tarball in /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/ (note
+that it needs to be uppercase letters matching the class names, so: AMD64.tar.gz
+for amd64 and I386.tar.gz for i386).
+
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