X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb.8.txt;h=3d89801be2da8971bc90438242e96788e977c13c;hp=e246c7c08853d9cae6de54d2f7b2876d35361c6a;hb=cf525c6031463d42ed8c7f9b84d83e3b2c36f600;hpb=7874f974499ad214ef6d0f8ae726317f78df453d diff --git a/grml2usb.8.txt b/grml2usb.8.txt index e246c7c..3d89801 100644 --- a/grml2usb.8.txt +++ b/grml2usb.8.txt @@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ syslinux is being used as default bootloader. Avoid installation of the default MBR using the '--skip-mbr' option or if you encounter any problems with the default MBR consider using '--syslinux-mbr' instead. -[NOTE] -Whereas grml2usb is the script to install recent grml ISOs (>=2009.10) the -script grml2usb-compat supports older grml releases (<2009.10) as well. - [[options]] Options ------- @@ -131,8 +127,7 @@ Do not install /boot/addons/ files (like dos, grub, memdisk,...). *\--remove-bootoption=...*:: Remove specified bootoption (could be a regex) from existing boot options. Use -multiple entries for removing different bootoptions at once. (Note: this option -is not support in grml2usb-compat.) +multiple entries for removing different bootoptions at once. *\--skip-grub-config*:: @@ -378,22 +373,6 @@ It is *NOT* enough to have just the grml2usb script itself without the according files provided either via the Debian package, the git tree or the file grml2usb.tgz. -[[grml2hd-vs-grml2usb]] -What's the difference between grml2hd and grml2usb? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -grml2hd installs a running grml system to a harddisk. When rebooting the -harddisk installation can be modified and changes will find their way to the -harddisk immediately. grml2usb copies just the compressed chroot filesystem -(being the squashfs file), some further informational files and a bootloader to -your device. This way you don't need as much space as with a harddisk -installation (just a USB device with >=ISO size) and when rebooting the system -your changes will be lost (unless you are using the persistency feature, see -link:http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency[http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency]). -Think of using a better CD version: booting is (usually) faster, you don't need -to burn a new CD when a new ISO version arrives (just install the new ISO using -grml2usb) and you can carry additional files on a writable medium with yourself. - [[dd]] Why can't I just dd the ISO to a USB device? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -439,23 +418,6 @@ What's grml2iso? grml2iso is a script which uses grml2usb to generate a multiboot ISO out of several grml ISOs. See 'man grml2iso' for further details. -[[grml2usb-compat]] -grml2usb fails with "Fatal: file default.cfg could not be found." -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -If you are trying to install an older grml ISO (older than grml 2009.10) with a -recent version of grml2usb then you might notice: - - Fatal: file default.cfg could not be found. - Note: this grml2usb version requires an ISO generated by grml-live >=0.9.24 ... - ... either use grml releases >=2009.10 or switch to an older grml2usb version. - Please visit http://grml.org/grml2usb/#grml2usb-compat for further information - Fatal: a critical error happend during execution (not a grml ISO?), giving up - -Breaking the backward compatibility was necessary to avoid maintainability hell. -If you want to install older grml ISOs please use the grml2usb-compat script -which provides support for older releases. - [[menu-lst]] Why is there a menu.lst and a grub.cfg inside /boot/grub/? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -627,10 +589,6 @@ Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 and use grub as bootloader (instead of syslinux being the default) and install a master boot record (MBR) to the MBR of /dev/sdX. - # grml2usb-compat /home/grml/grml_2009.05.iso /dev/sdX1 - -Install older grml ISO on device /dev/sdX1. - /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// # grml2usb --kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-grml --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-grml \ /home/grml/grml_2009.10.iso /dev/sdX1 @@ -652,9 +610,9 @@ Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 and use "lang=de ssh=mysecret" as default bootoptions. - # grml2usb --remove-bootoption="vga=791" --remove-bootoption="quiet" grml_2009.10.iso /dev/sdX1 + # grml2usb --remove-bootoption="vga=791" --remove-bootoption="nomce" grml_2009.10.iso /dev/sdX1 -Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 remove vga=791 and quiet from existing bootoptions. +Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 remove vga=791 and nomce from existing bootoptions. # grml2usb --bootoptions="persistent-path=%flavour_name" grml64_2010.04.iso grml_2010.04.iso /dev/sdX1