X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=133badfc8e9cefddaabb4353e15a2cb73f794930;hp=05e91776a4fe614206aecebe3fe71272adfaa14d;hb=aa74c00b81b8b2e6dcaaa2401e1defd1525d11b2;hpb=7beda7dae5063c45ab57c061bcfb27e13fd704ea diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index 05e9177..133badf 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ completely independent at the same time! 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 +checkout 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 <>. @@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ Specify name of the release. Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. If unset defaults to "testing". Supported values are: stable, testing, unstable (or their -corresponding release names like "jessie"). Please be aware that recent Debian +corresponding release names like "stretch"). Please be aware that recent Debian suites might require a recent base.tgz (${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz) or a recent version of debootstrap. @@ -337,9 +336,8 @@ selected. The following classes are predefined: was the init system used by Grml until and including stable release 2014.11, starting with beginning of 2016 Grml switched to systemd instead. If you want to build a live system in the old style using file-rc instead of systemd then enable -this class. Please notice that support for file-rc is no longer being actively -maintained (the Grml team happily accepts patches though) and file-rc (upstream -wise) might disappear too. +this class. Please notice that the Grml team no longer provides support for it +though. * FRESHCLAM: execute freshclam (if it's present) to update clamav definitions (increases resulting ISO size ~70MB). By default it's skipped to avoid bigger @@ -349,17 +347,16 @@ ISO size. 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. Please be aware that using *just* the GRMLBASE class won't be -enough, because the kernel packages (e.g. linux-image-i386-grml + -linux-image-amd64-grml) are chosen in further GRML_* classes (to provide maximum -flexibility with kernel selection). If you don't want to use the existing -GRML_FULL or GRML_SMALL classes, define your own CLASS file choosing the kernel -package you want to use (and don't forget to include your CLASS in the arguments -of grml-live's -c... command line option). +enough, because the kernel packages (e.g. linux-image-*) are chosen in further +GRML_* classes (to provide maximum flexibility with kernel selection). If you +don't want to use the existing GRML_FULL or GRML_SMALL classes, define your own +CLASS file choosing the kernel package you want to use (and don't forget to +include your CLASS in the arguments of grml-live's -c... command line option). * GRML_FULL: full featured Grml, also known as the "normal", full grml as -introduced in December 2011 (~600MB ISO size). +introduced in December 2011 (~750 ISO size). -* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized Grml version, known as grml-small (~300MB ISO +* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized Grml version, known as grml-small (~360MB ISO size). * LATEX: LaTeX(-related) packages like auctex, texlive,... @@ -452,7 +449,7 @@ installation process. 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,AMD64 ..." only the configuration of GRMLBASE, -GRML_SMALL and and AMD64 will be taken. If you use 'grml-live -c +GRML_SMALL and AMD64 will be taken. If you use 'grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,AMD64,FOOBAR ...' then the files of GRMLBASE, GRML_SMALL, AMD64 **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 @@ -487,9 +484,9 @@ please send us a bug report then). Check out <> for details how to set up grml-live on a plain, original Debian system. -* enough free disk space; at least 1.5GB are required for a minimal grml-live -run (\~850MB for the chroot [$CHROOT_OUTPUT], \~300MB for the build target -[$BUILD_OUTPUT], \~30MB for the netboot files and \~300MB for the resulting ISO +* enough free disk space; at least ~2GB are required for a minimal grml-live +run (\~1GB for the chroot [$CHROOT_OUTPUT], \~400MB for the build target +[$BUILD_OUTPUT], \~35MB for the netboot files and \~350MB 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 @@ -518,9 +515,9 @@ The easiest way to get a running grml-live setup is to just use Grml. Of course using grml-live on a plain, original Debian installation is supported as well. So there we go. -What we have: plain, original Debian jessie (8.x). +What we have: plain, original Debian stretch (9.x). -What we want: build a Grml ISO based on Debian/jessie for the amd64 architecture +What we want: build a Grml ISO based on Debian/stretch for the amd64 architecture using grml-live. Instructions @@ -562,7 +559,7 @@ Instructions # CHROOT_INSTALL="/etc/grml/fai/chroot_install" ## adjust if necessary (defaults to ./grml/): ## OUTPUT="/srv/grml-live" - FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="jessie http://ftp.debian.org/debian/" + FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="stretch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/" # ARCH="amd64" CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64" EOF @@ -679,7 +676,7 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: [...] APT_PROXY="http://localhost:3142/" [...] - FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="jessie http://localhost:3142/ftp.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free" + FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="stretch http://localhost:3142/ftp.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free" Make sure apt-cacher-ng is running ('/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart'). That's it. All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then. @@ -688,14 +685,14 @@ That's it. All downloaded files will be cached in /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng then How do I revert the manifold feature from an ISO? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The so called manifold feature Grml ISOs use by default allows one to use the same -ISO for CD boot and USB boot. If you notice any problems when booting just -revert the manifold feature running: +The so-called manifold feature Grml ISOs can, but by default do not, use allows +one to use the same ISO for CD boot and USB boot. If you notice any problems +when booting manifold-crafted media, 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: +syslinux, used by default for official Grml images) then just execute: % isohybrid grml.iso @@ -707,7 +704,7 @@ How do I create a base tar.gz (I386.tar.gz or AMD64.tar.gz) First of all create the chroot using debootstrap (requires root): BASECHROOT='/tmp/basefile' # path where the chroot gets generated - SUITE='jessie' # using the current stable release should always work + SUITE='stretch' # using the current stable release should always work debootstrap --exclude=info,tasksel,tasksel-data "$SUITE" "$BASECHROOT" http://ftp.debian.org/debian tar -C "$BASECHROOT" --exclude='var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb' -zcf "${SUITE}".tar.gz ./ @@ -813,6 +810,7 @@ Usage example: # export GRML_FAI_CONFIG=$(pwd)/etc/grml/fai # export SCRIPTS_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)/scripts + # export TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)/templates # ./grml-live -s sid -a amd64 -c GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64 [[source]]