(strongly recommended!) 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) and
-approx. To avoid downloading of the base system check out FAI's NFSROOT (check
+approx(8). To avoid downloading of the base system check out FAI's NFSROOT (check
docs for ../fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz).
Options
-t **TARGET_DIRECTORY**::
-Output directory of the build process of FAI - being the chroot
-used for building the ISO.
+Main output directory of the build process of FAI. Three directories are
+created inside the target directory, being: grml_cd/ - where the files for
+creating the ISO are located (including the compressed squashfs file),
+grml_chroot/ - the generated chroot system and grml_isos/ - where the resulting
+ISO is stored.
-F::
How to get your own live-cd - the easy, fast and simple way
-----------------------------------------------------------
-To get a small, Debian-stable and grml based live-cd using /dev/shm/
+To get a small, Debian-stable and grml based live-cd using /grml/grml-live
as build and output directory:
# grml-live
+To get a small Debian-unstable and grml-small based live-cd using
+/home/mika/grml-live as build and output directory:
+
+ # grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386 -t /home/mika/grml-live
+
[NOTE]
If you have about 700MB of free space inside /dev/shm (being a tmpfs, usually
empty /dev/shm, so please another directory for $CHROOT_TARGET, $BUILD_TARGET
and $ISO_TARGET if you plan to create more persistent output. :)
+Features
+--------
+
+* 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 use of Debian
+repositories
+
+* native support of FAI features
+
+* multi-arch support (work in progress)
+
The class concept
-----------------
Known TODOs
-----------
-* do not use /dev/shm/ als default target directory (which one do we want to use
-instead?)
+* make sure the suite-target adjusts the mirror definitions according (working
+also vice versa!)
* add support for amd64 [gebi?] + ppc [formorer?] (and identify all packages
that are arch specific so we have a clean package list in all classes)
grml, grml64, grml-small (in progress) for at least x86, amd64 and ppc)
* support signed apt repositories (currently it's deactivated via FAI's
-FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1 for some packages)
+FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1 for some packages in the toolchain)
* explain (and provide configuration for) use of NFSROOT
-* support setting stuff like ISO name, version,... (especially for stuff inside
-boot/isolinux/*)
+* support setting stuff like ISO name, version,... on-the-fly (especially for
+stuff inside boot/isolinux/*)
* support "final builds" (including stuff like generating md5sums, gpg,...)
* the grml-live class(es) should send output as used inside FAI as well (so it's
not as verbose unless you specify it, make it configurable)
-* provide possibility for cleanup of all created build directories
+* provide possibility for cleanup of all created build directories and
+a smart summary of the buildprocess (including "took ... minutes/seconds to
+build...)
* support hooks to allow further customisation of the build process
+* test the package on non-grml systems (and maybe even non-Debian) as well
+
Debian package
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