X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=f1add06f2aec59ef63c889a36066fe5a1a597ae3;hp=3d94ea1a8d8529dafaca756721334e4f8caf146b;hb=4d1178f7de7bb4da7a26979da47ce11ab1ccc1b2;hpb=1360256a71a6b33ee342a70b06adac11b3903b0a diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index 3d94ea1..f1add06 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ 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 +"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. @@ -193,7 +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 @@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ For further information see next section. 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]. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Difference between squashfs-lzma-tools, squashfs-lzma-tools4 and squashfs-tools @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ to get the ratio between the different options): * 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 @@ -947,7 +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: @@ -996,10 +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 @@ -1017,9 +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: @@ -1046,6 +1046,66 @@ syslinux) then just execute: % 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 + [[question]] I've a question which isn't answered by this document ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~