X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=3809075bf82fd7809624d356f2dd52a64e7dab7f;hp=ef80be9ce60ae8ba57848c55aaa384de56e2210f;hb=66ce999b54d482f576b0ac36762e7bccdba4da87;hpb=e56cc393d3419a72c74aa5084525b88c6a7cf854 diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index ef80be9..3809075 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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 +link:http://fai-project.org/[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. @@ -81,11 +81,17 @@ really know that you do not want to update the chroot. 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 +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. +[IMPORTANT] +All class names should be written in uppercase letters. Do not use a dash, use +an underscore. So do not use "amd64" but "AMD64", do not use "FOO BAR" but +"FOO_BAR". + + -C **CONFIGURATION_FILE**:: The specified file is used as configuration file for grml-live. By default @@ -162,9 +168,10 @@ 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) or a recent version of debootstrap. +"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. -t **TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY**:: @@ -186,7 +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 @@ -266,8 +273,8 @@ 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 -set CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.local or -invoke grml-live using the classes option: "grml-live -c +set CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.local +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 @@ -347,7 +354,7 @@ configuration instead. /etc/grml/grml-live.local All the local configuration should go to this file. This file overrides any -defaults of grml-live. Configurations via /etc/grml/grml-live.local are prefered +defaults of grml-live. Configurations via /etc/grml/grml-live.local are preferred over the ones from /etc/grml/grml-live.conf. If you want to override settings from /etc/grml/grml-live.local as well you have to specify them on the grml-live commandline. @@ -379,7 +386,7 @@ 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. +use FAI's fcopy command with /etc/grml/fai/config/files instead. /etc/grml/fai/config/ @@ -417,12 +424,6 @@ reasonable package configuration. 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 @@ -432,10 +433,9 @@ 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. +grml-live itself logs to /var/log/grml-live.log. Unless you set PRESERVE_LOGFILE +in your grml-live configuration the file is cleared 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/. @@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ 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. +If you want to store build information in a database just install the +grml-live-db Debian package. Further details available in the grml-live-db +manpage. + [[requirements]] Requirements for the build system --------------------------------- @@ -471,14 +475,13 @@ For further information see next section. 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 7rd of september 2009, please report any bugs you -encounter. +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 and squashfs-tools -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +Difference between squashfs-lzma-tools, squashfs-lzma-tools4 and squashfs-tools +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whereas the ZLIB compression is much faster in the build process, the LZMA compression provides a smaller resulting ISO. If you're wondering: the official @@ -486,39 +489,93 @@ Grml builds use the LZMA compression. Squashfs-tools was introduced in Debian and once provided support for LZMA compression. Sadly LZMA compression within squashfs-tools became unsupported and -therefore squashfs-lzma-tools had to be introduced by the Grml team. Different -kernel versions provide different squashfs file formats (version 3.x for kernel -versions until 2.6.28-grml[64], since kernel 2.6.31-grml[64] it's the 4.x -format). +therefore squashfs-lzma-tools[4] had to be introduced and maintained by the Grml +team. Different kernel versions provide different squashfs file formats. Kernel +versions until 2.6.28-grml[64] used the 3.x file format but those outdated +kernels aren't supported by grml-live automatically anymore nowdays (manual +handling through SQUASHFS_BINARY possible though). Kernel versions +2.6.31-grml[64] and 2.6.33-grml[64] use openwrt's squashfs lzma file format +version 4. Kernel versions starting with 2.6.35-grml[64] use the mainline ondisk +file format version 4. If you're wondering which package supports what, here's a short overview: -* squashfs-tools 1:4.0-1: ZLIB as default, no LZMA support/options, file format -version 4 +* squashfs-lzma-tools4 4.0-x: ZLIB as default, LZMA support via '-comp lzma' +option (enabled by grml-live by default), file format version 4 (mainline +version), package maintained and available from Grml, recommended for current +grml-live builds featuring kernels >=2.6.35-grml[64] + +* squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2: ZLIB as default, LZMA support via '-lzma' option +(enabled by grml-live by default), file format version 4 (openwrt style), +package maintained and available from Grml, recommended for any grml-live builds +with kernel versions 2.6.31-grml[64] and 2.6.33-grml[64] + +* squashfs-tools 1:4.0-x: ZLIB as default, no LZMA support/options, file format +version 4, package maintained and available from Debian, recommended only for +ZLIB-only builds of any grml-live builds with kernel versions >=2.6.31-grml[64] + +Outdated, JFTR: * squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7: ZLIB as default, no LZMA support/options, file format version 3 -* squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1: LZMA as default, ZLIB support via -nolzma +* squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1: LZMA as default, ZLIB support via '-nolzma' option, file format version 3 -* squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2: ZLIB as default, LZMA support via -lzma option, -file format version 4 - -* squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1: LZMA as default, ZLIB support via -nolzma option, +* squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1: LZMA as default, ZLIB support via '-nolzma' option, file format version 3 -Depending on the kernel version you want to use you need different versions -squashfs-tools/squashfs-lzma-tools. Yes, that's pretty a mess (don't ask how -much this sucks for us developers) - though this is supposed to calm down with -the recent integration of squashfs file format 4 in the mainline kernel. Support -for LZMA is pending and should dramatically simplify the situation for -developers as well as users as soon as it's available mainline. +Now, depending on the kernel version you want to use you need different versions +of squashfs-tools/squashfs-lzma-tools[4]. Yes, that's a mess (don't ask how much +this sucks for us developers) - though we're putting lots of effort into our +toolchain to automatically handle this for you through the grml-live build +system and provide proper documentation. The situation is supposed to calm down +with the recent integration of the squashfs file format 4 in the mainline +kernel. Support for LZMA is pending and as soon as it's available mainline this +should dramatically simplify the situation for developers as well as users. + +[TIP] +If you want to force usage of a specific mksquashfs binary just set the +SQUASHFS_BINARY configuration/environment variable. Set SQUASHFS_OPTIONS for +customizing the options that should be used by the mksquashfs binary during +build process. + +Using squashfs-lzma-tools4 4.0-1 on the build system +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +squashfs-lzma-tools4 4.0-1 is available via the Grml repositories. It provides +the mksquashfs-lzma4 and unsquashfs-lzma4 binaries. The package does NOT +conflict with neither Debian's squashfs-tools package nor Grml's +squashfs-lzma-tools package, so you can install all of them at the same time and +the build system will try to figure out the best matching binary automatically +for you. + +The packages can be downloaded from +link:http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma-tools4/[http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma-tools4/] + +It provides support for the new squashfs file format version 4 (as available in +mainline, so *not* the one being used by squashfs-lzma-tools and kernel +2.6.33-grml) and therefore requires kernel versions starting with +2.6.35-grml[64]. It supports LZMA as well as ZLIB compression. Just use the +defaults for enabling LZMA or use grml-live's '-z' option if you want to use +ZLIB compression instead. + +* Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works with ZLIB compression, fails with LZMA +* Kernel 2.6.33-grml[64]: works with ZLIB compression, fails with LZMA +* Kernel 2.6.35-grml[64]: works with ZLIB *and* LZMA compression +* Kernel 2.6.36-grml[64]: works with ZLIB *and* LZMA compression + +[NOTE] +squashfs-tools >=4.1-1 and/or squashfs-lzma-tools4 are the recommended package +for building up2date ISOs with grml-live! Please use other squashfs-* packages +only if you want to build live systems providing kernel versions older than +2.6.35-grml*. Use squashfs-tools >=4.1-1 or squashfs-lzma-tools4 from Grml if +you want to remaster any Grml releases MORE RECENT than 2010.04. Using squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 is available via the grml repositories. It provides +squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 is available via the Grml repositories. It provides the mksquashfs-lzma and unsquashfs-lzma binaries. The package does NOT conflict with Debian's squashfs-tools package (you can install both of them at the same time). @@ -526,28 +583,30 @@ time). The packages can be downloaded from link:http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma-tools/[http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma-tools/] -It provides support for the new squashfs file format version 4 and therefore -requires kernel versions newer than 2.6.28-grml[64]. It supports LZMA as well as -ZLIB compression. Just use the defaults for enabling LZMA or use grml-live's -'-z' option if you want to use ZLIB instead. +It provides support for the new squashfs file format version 4 (based on openwrt +patches, this is *not* the mainline file format that's being used by kernel +2.6.35-grml and squashfs-lzma-tools4!) and therefore requires kernel versions +newer than 2.6.28-grml[64]. It supports LZMA as well as ZLIB compression. Just +use the defaults for enabling LZMA or use grml-live's '-z' option if you want to +use ZLIB instead. -* Kernel 2.6.23-grml[64]: does not work -* Kernel 2.6.26-grml[64]: does not work -* Kernel 2.6.28-grml[64]: does not work +* Kernel \<=2.6.28-grml[64]: does not work * Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works +* Kernel 2.6.33-grml[64]: works +* Kernel 2.6.35-grml[64]: works for ZLIB compression, fails for LZMA [NOTE] - -Please use squashfs-lzma-tools >=4.0-2 from Grml if you want to remaster any -grml release being MORE RECENT than 2009.05. +Please use squashfs-lzma-tools >=4.0-2 from Grml only if you want to remaster +Grml releases 2009.10 and 2010.04 or live systems with their according kernel +versions. Using squashfs-tools 1:4.0-X on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ squashfs-tools >=1:4.0-1 is available in Debian/unstable and Debian/testing. It -provides the mksquashfs and unsquashfs binaries. The package does NOT -conflict with the squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 package (you can install both of -them at the same time). +provides the mksquashfs and unsquashfs binaries. The package does NOT conflict +neither with the squashfs-lzma-tools 4.0-2 package nor with the +squashfs-lzma-tools4 package (so you can install all of them at the same time). The packages can be downloaded from link:ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/[ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/] @@ -555,31 +614,37 @@ link:ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/[ftp://ftp.de.deb It provides support for the new squashfs file format version 4 and therefore requires kernel versions newer than 2.6.28-grml[64]. -It does NOT support LZMA compression. If you need LZMA support please use -Grml's squashfs-lzma-tools (see section above) instead. +It does NOT support LZMA compression (dropped with +link:http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/current/changelog[version +1:3.3-4] and not yet re-integrated yet, see +link:http://bugs.debian.org/594595[#594595]). If you need LZMA support please +use Grml's squashfs-lzma-tools[4] (see sections above) instead. -* Kernel 2.6.23-grml[64]: does not work -* Kernel 2.6.26-grml[64]: does not work -* Kernel 2.6.28-grml[64]: does not work -* Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works +* Kernels \<=2.6.28-grml[64]: does not work +* Kernel 2.6.31-grml[64]: works (ZLIB only) +* Kernel 2.6.33-grml[64]: works (ZLIB only) +* Kernel 2.6.35-grml[64]: works (ZLIB only) +* Kernel 2.6.36-grml[64]: works (ZLIB only) [NOTE] -Please use squashfs-tools >=1:4.0-1 only if you want to remaster grml releases -MORE RECENT than 2009.05 using the ZLIB compression. +Please use squashfs-tools between 4.0-1 and 4.1-1 only if you want to remaster +Grml releases starting with 2009.10 using the ZLIB compression, please use other +squashfs packages otherwise instead. + +Outdated, JFTR: Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 from the grml repository supports kernel +squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 from the Grml repository supports kernel 2.6.26-grml[64] and 2.6.28-grml[64] using both LZMA and ZLIB (-nolzma) -compression. It's the recommended package for building ISOs with grml-live -currently! +compression. 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 grml release +Please use squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 only if you want to remaster Grml releases 2008.11 or 2009.05. Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system @@ -628,6 +693,7 @@ Using with LZMA compression: to Debian package squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 (see section above). * Kernel 2.6.28-grml: does NOT work, please use ZLIB mode instead or switch to Debian package squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 (see section above). +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [[faq]] FAQ @@ -637,7 +703,7 @@ FAQ How do I deploy grml-live on a plain Debian installation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The easiest way to get a running grml-live setup is to install grml or +The easiest way to get a running grml-live setup is to install Grml or grml-medium using grml2hd (for example inside KVM, Virtualbox, VMware,... if you don't want to run it on a physical system). Of course using grml-live on a plain, original Debian installation is supported as well. So there we go. @@ -677,29 +743,29 @@ Instructions Package: squashfs-tools Pin: origin deb.grml.org Pin-Priority: 996 - - Package: squashfs-lzma-tools - Pin: origin deb.grml.org - Pin-Priority: 996 EOF # get keyring for apt: apt-get update apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install grml-debian-keyring - # install basefile so we don't have to build basic chroot from scratch: - mkdir -p /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/ - mv base.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/I386.tar.gz + # optionally(!) install basefile so we don't have to build basic + # chroot from scratch, grab from http://daily.grml.org/ + # mkdir -p /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/ + # mv base.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/I386.tar.gz + # mv base64.tgz /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/AMD64.tar.gz # install relevant tools # please check out http://grml.org/grml-live/#current_state when encountering problems! - apt-get -o APT::Install-Recommends=false install grml-live squashfs-lzma-tools + apt-get -o APT::Install-Recommends=false install grml-live squashfs-tools # adjust grml-live configuration for our needs: cat > /etc/grml/grml-live.local << EOF - # consider using LZMA only for space reasons (resulting in longer - # build time but smaller ISO): - SQUASHFS_OPTIONS="-nolzma" + ## want a faster build process and don't need smaller ISOs? + ## if so use zlib compression + # SQUASHFS_OPTIONS="-comp gzip -b 256k" + ## want to use a specific squashfs binary? + # SQUASHFS_BINARY='/usr/bin/mksquashfs' # install local files into the chroot CHROOT_INSTALL="/etc/grml/fai/chroot_install" ## adjust if necessary (defaults to /grml/grml-live): @@ -707,7 +773,7 @@ Instructions FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://cdn.debian.net/debian/" ARCH="i386" CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_MEDIUM,I386" - ZERO_LOGFILE='1' + # PRESERVE_LOGFILE='1' # ZERO_FAI_LOGFILE='1' GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main @@ -719,7 +785,7 @@ Instructions # just optional(!) - upgrade FAI to latest available version: cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list << EOF # fai: - deb http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download lenny koeln + deb http://fai-project.org/download lenny koeln EOF # get gpg key of FAI repos and install current FAI version: @@ -738,12 +804,12 @@ and the ISO can be found inside /grml-live/grml-live/grml_isos/ then. 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 + wget http://fai-project.org/download/etch/fai-client_3.2.8_all.deb \ + http://fai-project.org/download/etch/fai-server_3.2.8_all.deb \ + http://fai-project.org/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 +or check out the link:http://fai-project.org/[FAI-homepage] for further details. [[how-to-debug]] @@ -835,7 +901,7 @@ 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 +taken as first entry in the generated sources.list so it's preferred over non-local mirrors. Using a fallback mirror (via providing several mirrors in GRML_LIVE_SOURCES as used by default) is a recommended setting. @@ -881,7 +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: @@ -915,6 +981,9 @@ or if using /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz for: /grml-live/grml-live_20071029.22138/grml_chroot// [...] +[TIP] +Existing base.tgz can be found at http://daily.grml.org/ + [[apt-cacher]] Set up apt-cacher / apt-cacher-ng for use with grml-live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -927,10 +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 @@ -948,9 +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: @@ -962,6 +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). + [[question]] I've a question which isn't answered by this document ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1001,6 +1102,17 @@ Bugs Please report feedback, link:http://grml.org/bugs/[bugreports] and wishes link:http://grml.org/contact/[to the grml-team]! +[[documentation]] +Documentation +------------- + +The most recent grml-live documentation is available online at +http://grml.org/grml-live/ and for offline reading also available +in different formats: + +* http://grml.org/grml-live/grml-live.epub +* http://grml.org/grml-live/grml-live.pdf + [[authors]] Authors -------