X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=a20c34b835f0acda2448a54bfd7357a22da96b4f;hp=2a746e56efe7ca1382d87cf2754664eb20797e8c;hb=1be31a7dd61ad5d081540a4b1c489ae2586ef69c;hpb=fb8667c77b777eba9c9ff4eb29ec4b709382f92b diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index 2a746e5..a20c34b 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Synopsis grml-live [-a ] [-c ] [-g ] [-i ] [-o ] [-r ] [-s ] [-t -] [-v ] [-FVh] +] [-v ] [-FVhu] ******************************************************************************* Important! This document is growing as requested. If you have questions which @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ Specify the Debian suite you want to use for your live-system. Defaults to Specify place of the templates used for building the ISO. By default (and if not manually specified) this is /usr/share/grml-live/templates/. + -u:: + +Update existing chroot instead of rebuilding it from scratch. This option is +based on the softupdate feature of FAI. + -v **VERSION_NUMBER**:: Specify version number of the release. @@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ FAI itself (being available at /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/). Available classes ----------------- -To be done... +Documentation to be done... Files ----- @@ -294,6 +299,20 @@ files please refer to the source of the scripts. This directory provides the files used for building the initramfs/initrd via 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 a new +invocation of grml-live. + +The FAI part of grml-live logs to /var/log/fai/dirinstall/$HOSTNAME - so the +default being /var/log/fai/dirinstall/grml. + +If you are using the update option of grml-live (option -u) the logs are +available at /var/log/fai/current. + Requirements for the build system --------------------------------- @@ -410,8 +429,12 @@ So as /grml/fai/nfsroot is your NFSROOT place the file under mv base.tgz /grml/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/var/tmp/base.tgz +or even better use /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz instead. +Use I386 as $CLASSNAME for i386 builds and AMD64 for amd64 builds. + Now running "grml-live ..." will use this file as main system instead of -executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines: +executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines if using +NFSROOT: [...] Calling task_extrbase @@ -420,11 +443,12 @@ executing debootstrap. Check out the output for the following lines: Calling task_mirror [...] -[NOTE] +or if using /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz for: -Notice that you can also use /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/$CLASSNAME.tar.gz if -you prefer to use /etc as the main configuration directory instead of -/path/to/nfsroot/.... (Thanks to Thomas Lange for the tip.) + [...] + ftar: extracting /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles///AMD64.tar.gz to + /grml-live/grml-live_20071029.22138/grml_chroot// + [...] Set up apt-cacher for use with grml-live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~