X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb.8.txt;h=40e6fa8a96cc09b24a63085aa9dabac062642b5d;hp=fa621e75df399b6726732b3182317885f3375b79;hb=6f1e578d593e19aaeaef5399bb4e2bc664cf8105;hpb=c326a027d0fa6c8451e4e40bedb73bbc259ec02f diff --git a/grml2usb.8.txt b/grml2usb.8.txt index fa621e7..40e6fa8 100644 --- a/grml2usb.8.txt +++ b/grml2usb.8.txt @@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ grml2usb [ options ] Important! The grml team does not take responsibility for loss of any data! ******************************************************************************* +Introduction +------------ + +grml2usb installs grml on a given partition of your usb device and makes it +bootable. + +grml2usb provides multi-iso support, meaning you can specify several grml ISOs +on the command line at once and select the grml flavour you would like to boot +on the bootbrompt then. Notice that the default ISO (that's when pressing just +enter on the bootprompt or wait until the timeout matches) will be the *first* +one specified on the grml2usb command line. + Options ------- @@ -86,6 +98,10 @@ Install a default master boot record (MBR) on the device. Do not output anything but just errors on console. + *--skip-addons*:: + +Do not install /boot/addons/ files (like dos, grub, memdisk,...). + *--squashfs=*:: Install specified squashfs file instead of the default. @@ -104,20 +120,11 @@ Return version and exit. Enable verbose mode. -Introduction ------------- - -grml2usb installs grml on a given partition of your usb device and makes it -bootable. - -grml2usb provides multi-iso support, meaning you can specify several grml ISOs -on the command line at once and select the grml flavour you would like to boot -on the bootbrompt then. Notice that the default ISO (that's when pressing just -enter on the bootprompt or wait until the timeout matches) will be the *first* -one specified on the grml2usb command line. +Developers Corner +----------------- Directory layout on usb device ------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ boot/ -> |-- addons/ @@ -194,6 +201,34 @@ Directory layout on usb device |-- grml64-small.module `-- grml64-small.squashfs +Grabbing the source +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + git clone git://git.grml.org/grml2usb.git + +Developers Debugging Hints +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To play with grml2usb you can avoid using a real device via a loopback file +setup, like: + + dd if=/dev/zero of=~/loopback bs=1M count=100 # adjust size to your needs + losetup /dev/loop1 ~/loopback + +Then create according partitions either running for example: + + echo -en "n\np\n1\n\n\n t \n 6\n a\n1\n w\n" | fdisk /dev/loop1 + +or: + + parted /dev/loop1 -s "mkpart primary fat16 0 -1s mkfs 1 fat16" + +Finally create a filesystem and execute grml2usb as needed: + + mkfs.vfat /dev/loop1 + grml2usb --bootloader-only --mbr /grml/isos/grml-small_2008.11.iso /dev/loop1 + + Usage examples -------------- @@ -245,10 +280,10 @@ Author Michael Prokop ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -http://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=tips#multiboot_usb_pen http://www.startx.ro/sugar/isotostick.sh https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/mkusb.sh +https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////