From: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:39:23 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs: add generation of the base tar.gz to the FAQ
X-Git-Tag: v0.12.6~4
X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=956db16430d4c373008e9b1a3b0a33e020e117ab

docs: add generation of the base tar.gz to the FAQ
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diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt
index 3d94ea1..dcfb14b 100644
--- a/docs/grml-live.txt
+++ b/docs/grml-live.txt
@@ -1046,6 +1046,23 @@ 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
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