From 5bfdcecb4c2ff08416a8c5262efa9bdc814008c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Prokop Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:10:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs to better match recent development --- docs/grml-live.txt | 457 ++++++----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 406 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index a430a12..c9c7371 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ grml-live(8) Name ---- -grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a grml and Debian based +grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a Grml and Debian based Linux Live system (CD/ISO) Synopsis @@ -13,16 +13,12 @@ Synopsis grml-live [-a ] [-c ] [-C ] [-g ] [-i ] [-o ] [-r ] [-s ] [-t ] [-v ] [-U ] [ --AbBFnNquVz] - -CAUTION: Please check out <> for details about current state of involved -tools before starting with grml-live or if you encounter any problems. +-AbBFnNqQuVz] Description ----------- -grml-live provides the build system for creating a grml and Debian based Linux +grml-live provides the build system for creating a Grml and Debian based Linux Live-CD. The build system is based on link:http://fai-project.org/[FAI] (Fully Automatic Installation). grml-live uses the "fai dirinstall" feature to generate a chroot @@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ details of a build process. CAUTION: grml-live does **not** use /etc/fai for configuration but instead provides and uses ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG} which is pointing to /etc/grml/fai by default -(unless overriden using the ''-D'' option). This ensures that it does not clash +(unless overridden using the ''-D'' option). This ensures that it does not clash with default FAI configuration and packages, so you can use grml-live and FAI completely independent at the same time! @@ -49,8 +45,8 @@ 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 sample configuration), apt-cacher(1) and approx(8). To avoid downloading the -base system again and again check out FAI's NFSROOT (see FAQ of this document -for details). +base system again and again check out <>. Options ------- @@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ Options -A:: Clean up output directories before attempting the build. Packs the chroot -into a tar archive, and removes chroot and iso build directories before exiting. +into a tar archive, and removes chroot and ISO build directories before exiting. -a **ARCHITECTURE**:: @@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ but intend to only build the ISO. -B:: Build the ISO without touching the chroot at all. This option is useful if -you modified anything that FAI or grml-live might adjust via grml's FAI +you modified anything that FAI or grml-live might adjust via Grml's FAI scripts. It's like the '-b' option but even more advanced. Use only if you really know that you do not want to update the chroot. @@ -87,8 +83,8 @@ 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_FULL and I386/AMD64 (depending on system -architecture) 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 +architecture) are assumed, resulting in a base system of about 350MB +total ISO size. If using a non-I386 system (like 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_FULL you can also use @@ -242,41 +238,31 @@ Use ZLIB instead of LZMA/XZ compression in mksquashfs part of the build process. Usage examples -------------- -To get a small, Debian-stable and grml-based Live-CD using /grml/grml-live +To get a Debian-stable and Grml-based Live-CD using /grml/grml-live as build and output directory just run: # grml-live -To get a small Debian-unstable and grml-small based Live-CD using -/home/mika/grml-live as build and output directory just use: - - # grml-live -s sid -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,AMD64 -o /home/mika/grml-live - -To get a medium sized, Debian-unstable and grml-based Live-CD for amd64 -architecture using /grml/grml-live as build and output directory just run: - - # grml-live -s sid -a amd64 -c GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64 - -To get a small, Debian-unstable and grml-based Live-CD using /tmp as build and -output directory and use grml_0.0-3.iso as ISO name (placed inside -/tmp/grml_isos) just invoke: +To get a 64bit Debian-testing and grml-small based Live-CD using /srv/grml-live +as build and output directory use the following command line on your amd64 +system: - # grml-live -o /tmp -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,AMD64 -s sid -i grml_0.0-3.iso + # grml-live -s testing -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,AMD64 -o /srv/grml-live [NOTE] -If you have about 700MB of free space inside /dev/shm (being a tmpfs, usually -you should have >=1GB of RAM) just run "mount -o remount,suid,dev,rw /dev/shm" -and use /dev/shm as build and output directory - resulting in very fast build -process. But please be aware of the fact that rebooting your system will result -in an empty /dev/shm, so please use another directory for $CHROOT_OUTPUT, +If you have enough free space inside /dev/shm (being a tmpfs, usually you should +have >=1GB of RAM) just run "mount -o remount,suid,dev,rw /dev/shm" and use +/dev/shm as build and output directory - resulting in very fast build process. +But please be aware of the fact that rebooting your system will result in an +empty /dev/shm, so please use another directory for $CHROOT_OUTPUT, $BUILD_OUTPUT and $ISO_OUTPUT if you plan to create more persistent output. :) [[main-features]] Main features of grml-live -------------------------- -* create a grml-/Debian-based Linux Live-CD with one single command +* create a Grml-/Debian-based Linux Live-CD with one single command * class based concept, providing a maximum of flexibility @@ -287,8 +273,6 @@ Debian repositories * native support of FAI features -* multi-arch support (work in progress) - [[class-concept]] The class concept ----------------- @@ -333,24 +317,24 @@ ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/package_config whereas some further classes are define example in ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/scripts/ so specific feature sets can be selected. The following classes are predefined: -* DEBORPHAN: get rid of all packages listed in output of Deborphan +* DEBORPHAN: get rid of all packages listed in output of deborphan * GRMLBASE: the main class responsible for getting a minimal subset of what's 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. -* GRML_FULL: full featured grml, also known as the "normal", full grml as -introduced in november 2011 (~350MB ISO size). +* GRML_FULL: full featured Grml, also known as the "normal", full grml as +introduced in December 2011 (~350MB ISO size). -* GRML_MEDIUM: medium sized grml version, used to be known as grml-medium -until november 2011 (~220MB ISO size). +* GRML_MEDIUM: medium sized Grml version, used to be known as grml-medium +until December 2011 (~220MB ISO size). -* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized grml version, known as grml-small (~110MB ISO +* GRML_SMALL: minimum sized Grml version, known as grml-small (~110MB ISO size). * GRML_XL: large size Grml version, used to be known as "full grml" until -november 2011 (~700MB ISO size). +December 2011 (~700MB ISO size). * LATEX: LaTeX(-related) packages like auctex, texlive,... (which used to be shipped by grml before the LaTeX removal) @@ -427,16 +411,6 @@ it there. This file specifies the package list for creating the NFSROOT. - ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/apt/sources.list - -This file specifies which mirrors should be considered for retrieving the Debian -packages when creating the main chroot (including all the software you would -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 ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/apt/sources.list -on-the-fly via grml-live then. If you want to generally adjust apt configuration -use FAI's fcopy command with ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/files instead. - ${GRML_FAI_CONFIG}/config/ The main directory for configuration of FAI/grml-live. More details below. @@ -482,28 +456,18 @@ live-initramfs(8). Available log files ------------------- -grml-live itself logs to /var/log/grml-live.log. Unless you set PRESERVE_LOGFILE -in your grml-live configuration the file is cleared on each new invocation of -grml-live. - -The FAI part of grml-live logs to /var/log/fai/$HOSTNAME/ - so the -default being /var/log/fai/grml/. - -If you are using the grml-live buildd you will find the logs of the grml-live -run at /var/log/grml-buildd.log. +Starting with grml-live version 0.17.0 you should find log files in a directory +named 'grml_logs' in the output directory (next to grml_isos, grml_chroot,...). -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. +grml-live versions before 0.17.0 used to log into /var/log/grml-live.log +and /var/log/fai/grml. [[requirements]] Requirements for the build system --------------------------------- * any Debian based system should be sufficient (if it doesn't work it's a bug, -please send us a bug report then) [a usual -link:http://grml.org/grml2hd/[grml2hd] harddisk installation (using grml or -grml-medium) ships all you need]. Check out <> for details how to set up grml-live on a plain, original Debian system. @@ -525,224 +489,8 @@ Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel --------------------------------------------------------- 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 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -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 -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[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-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' -option, file format version 3 - -* squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1: LZMA as default, ZLIB support via '-nolzma' option, -file format version 3 - -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 -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). - -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 (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 \<=2.6.28-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 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 -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/] - -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 (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. - -* 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 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 -2.6.26-grml[64] and 2.6.28-grml[64] using both LZMA and ZLIB (-nolzma) -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 only if you want to remaster Grml releases -2008.11 or 2009.05. - -Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 is available through -http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_i386.deb (for x86) or -http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_amd64.deb (for amd64) [both build -on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well]. - -Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression at -all (so you won't be able to remaster release 2008.11 and 2009.05 using LZMA for -example). The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even -though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). Please use -squashfs-lzma-tools instead. - -* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 - instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23 (not - recommended) -* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works (without LZMA compression only of course!) -* Kernel 2.6.28-grml: works (without LZMA compression only of course!) - -Using squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 on the build system -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 is available via the grml-testing repository, -running: - - # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.2r2-9exp1 - -or directly via downloading the files -http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_i386.deb (for x86) or -http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_amd64.deb (for amd64). - -Using with ZLIB compression (SQUASHFS_OPTIONS='-nolzma' or -z -option in grml-live cmdline): - -* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works -* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works -* Kernel 2.6.28-grml: supposed to work (not verified though) - -Using with LZMA compression: - -* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works -* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: does NOT work, please use ZLIB mode instead or switch - 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). -////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +Debian/testing and Debian/unstable) to build Grml (based) ISOs featuring kernel +version 2.6.38-grml[64] or newer. [[faq]] FAQ @@ -752,21 +500,14 @@ 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 -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. +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 Lenny (5.0). +What we have: plain, original Debian squeeze (6.0). -What we want: build a grml-medium ISO based on Debian/squeeze for the amd64 -architecture using grml-live. - -[IMPORTANT] - -If you encounter any problems while booting the resulting ISO please be aware of -<>. +What we want: build a Grml ISO based on Debian/wheezy for the amd64 architecture +using grml-live. Instructions ^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -815,26 +556,19 @@ Instructions # 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" + ## install local files into the chroot + # CHROOT_INSTALL="/etc/grml/fai/chroot_install" ## adjust if necessary (defaults to /grml/grml-live): ## OUTPUT="/srv/grml-live" - FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://cdn.debian.net/debian/" - ARCH="i386" + FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="wheezy http://cdn.debian.net/debian/" + # ARCH="amd64" CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64" - # PRESERVE_LOGFILE='1' - # ZERO_FAI_LOGFILE='1' - GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" - deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main - deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main - deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian squeeze main contrib non-free - " EOF # just optional(!) - upgrade FAI to latest available version: cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list << EOF # fai: - deb http://fai-project.org/download lenny koeln + deb http://fai-project.org/download squeeze koeln EOF # get gpg key of FAI repos and install current FAI version: @@ -865,57 +599,13 @@ configuration files, scripts and hooks will be taken from your I've problems with the build process. How to start debugging? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Check out the logs inside /var/log/fai/... If you think it's a bug in grml-live -send a copy of your config, logs and the commandline with a short problem -description to : - - # history | grep grml-live > /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline - # tar zcf grml_live_problem.tar.gz /etc/grml/grml-live.conf \ - /etc/grml/grml_live.cmdline /etc/grml/grml-buildd.conf \ - /var/log/fai /etc/grml/fai - -> finally mail grml_live_problem.tar.gz to +Check out the logs inside the directory 'grml_logs' next to your grml_chroot, +grml_isos,... directories. If you need help with grml-live or would like to see new features as part of grml-live you can get commercial support via link:http://grml-solutions.com/[Grml Solutions]. -[[lzma-vs-zlib]] -How much is the difference between LZMA and ZLIB compression? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -ISO size (bs = blocksize): - -[width="45%",cols="3,^2,^2"] -|============================================================ -|ISO |LZMA (256kB bs) |ZLIB -|grml_sid |666M | 771M -|grml_squeeze |659M | 761M -|grml_lenny |624M | 723M -|grml64_sid |677M | 791M -|grml64_squeeze |671M | 785M -|grml64_lenny |639M | 745M -|grml-medium_sid |208M | 236M -|grml-medium_squeeze |206M | 234M -|grml-medium_lenny |193M | 220M -|grml64-medium_sid |213M | 245M -|grml64-medium_squeeze |213M | 244M -|grml64-medium_lenny |201M | 231M -|grml-small_sid |102M | 118M -|grml-small_squeeze |101M | 117M -|grml-small_lenny |97M | 112M -|grml64-small_sid |103M | 120M -|grml64-small_squeeze |103M | 120M -|grml64-small_lenny |99M | 116M -|============================================================ - -Build time of grml-medium's squashfs file (depends on your system, though just -to get the ratio between the different options): - -* 10 minutes and 4 seconds with LZMA default blocksize (128k) -* 7 minutes 27 seconds with LZMA and blocksize 256k -* 6 minutes and 8 seconds with LZMA blocksize 512k -* 1 minute and 40 seconds with ZLIB - [[install-local-files]] How do I install further files into the chroot/ISO? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -976,13 +666,6 @@ what you are searching for just run: rm -rf /etc/grml/fai /etc/grml/grml-live.conf dpkg -i --force-confnew --force-confmiss /path/to/grml-live_..._all.deb -[NOTE] - -If you don't control your /etc using a version control system (VCS) yet it's a -good chance to start using it now. Check out -link:http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/[http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/] -for more details how to maintain /etc using the mercurial VCS. - [[create-a-base-tgz]] How do I create a base.tgz for use as NFSROOT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1029,7 +712,7 @@ Existing base.tgz can be found at http://daily.grml.org/ [[apt-cacher]] Set up apt-cacher-ng for use with grml-live -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.local provides according APT_PROXY and FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: @@ -1043,32 +726,6 @@ FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: 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. -[[approx]] -Set up approx for use with grml-live -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Make sure /etc/grml/grml-live.conf provides according GRML_LIVE_SOURCES and -FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP: - - # cat /etc/grml/grml-live.conf - [...] - GRML_LIVE_SOURCES=" - deb http://localhost:9999/grml grml-stable main - deb http://localhost:9999/grml grml-testing main - deb http://localhost:9999/debian squeeze main contrib non-free - " - FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="squeeze http://localhost:9999/debian" - -Configure approx: - - # cat /etc/approx/approx.conf - [...] - debian http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian - grml http://deb.grml.org/ - -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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1144,12 +801,6 @@ like: % date -ud @1300450081 Fri Mar 18 12:08:01 UTC 2011 -[[question]] -I've a question which isn't answered by this document -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Don't hesitate to contact the author: - [[download]] Download / install grml-live as a Debian package ------------------------------------------------ @@ -1168,20 +819,14 @@ Source ------ The source of grml-live is available at -link:http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git[http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git] - -[[todo-list]] -TODO list ---------- - -Check out the link:http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob;f=TODO;hb=HEAD[TODO file]. +link:https://github.com/grml/grml-live/[https://github.com/grml/grml-live/] [[bugs]] Bugs ---- Please report feedback, link:http://grml.org/bugs/[bugreports] and wishes -link:http://grml.org/contact/[to the grml-team]! +link:http://grml.org/contact/[to the Grml team]! [[documentation]] Documentation -- 2.1.4