-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.
-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
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].
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Difference between squashfs-lzma-tools, squashfs-lzma-tools4 and squashfs-tools
* 1 minute and 40 seconds with ZLIB
[[install-local-files]]
-How to I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
+How do I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just point the configuration variable CHROOT_INSTALL to the directory which
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:
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
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:
% isohybrid grml.iso
+[[basetgz]]
+How do 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).
+
+[[autobuild]]
+How do I set up an autobuild environment?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you want to set up a system like link:http://daily.grml.org/[daily.grml.org]
+the Debian package grml-live-buildd provides all you need to start. Start with
+figuring out the cron job script /usr/share/grml-live/buildd/cronjob.sh.
+
+If you want to automatically update the grml-live Debian package on your build
+system based on the git tree of grml-live (so you get bleeding edge of
+development which might is interesting for services like daily.grml.org) the
+provided release_helper.sh script provides everything you need. Execute as root:
+
+ echo "deb file:/home/grml-live-git/grml-live.build-area/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml-live.list
+ adduser --disabled-login --disabled-password grml-live-git
+
+Execute 'visudo' to update sudo configuration and add the following line:
+
+ grml-live-git ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get
+
+Switch to user grml-live-git and configure the rest:
+
+ su - grml-live-git
+ mkdir grml-live.build-area
+ git clone git://git.grml.org/grml-live.git
+ git config --global user.name "Grml-Live Git Autobuild"
+ git config --global user.email "grml-live-git@$(hostname)"
+
+Finally install a cron job (as user grml-live-git) like:
+
+ 30 00 * * * cd /home/grml-live-git/grml-live.git/ && env AUTOBUILD=1 scripts/release_helper.sh >/home/grml-live-git/grml-live-build.log
+
+Tip: To find out the build date of the installed grml-live package just execute:
+
+ % apt-cache policy grml-live | grep 'Installed.*autobuild'
+ Installed: 0.13.1~autobuild1300450381
+
+and run "date -ud @$STRING" where $STRING is the number behind the "autobuild",
+like:
+
+ % date -ud @1300450081
+ Fri Mar 18 12:08:01 UTC 2011
+
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