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grml-debootstrap(8)
===================
Name
----
grml-debootstrap - wrapper around debootstrap for installing plain Debian
Synopsis
--------
grml-debootstrap [ _options_ ]
image:images/screenshot.png[Screenshot]
Introduction
------------
grml-debootstrap is a wrapper suite around debootstrap (and cdebootstrap and mmdebstrap if you
want) for installing a plain Debian system very fast and easy.
All you have to do is adjust a few variables in the configuration file
/etc/debootstrap/config or specify some command line options and invoke
grml-debootstrap. If invoked without any configuration modifications or command
line options a dialog based front end will be available to control some basic
configuration options.
A plain and base Debian system will be installed on the given device, directory
or virtual image file then. Customization of this process is possible as well.
CAUTION: The Grml team does not take responsibility for loss of any data!
Options and environment variables
---------------------------------
*--arch* _architecture_::
Set target architecture you want to install. Defaults to the architecture
you are currently running. If you're running an amd64 kernel and want to
deploy an i386 system use this option. Note: deploying amd64 from an i386
kernel does *not* work. Example: "_--arch i386_"
*--backportrepos*::
Enable Debian's Backports repository via the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list configuration file. This provides the
option to install Debian packages from Debian's backports repository.
*--bootappend* _appendline-for-the-kernel_::
Specify appendline for the kernel.
E.g. "_pci=nomsi_"
*-c*, *--config* _file_::
Use specified configuration file, defaults to /etc/debootstrap/config.
*--chroot-scripts* _directory_::
Execute chroot scripts from specified directory. This allows customisation
of the chroot setup, the executable script(s) present in the given directory
are executed at the end of the chroot procedure.
Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/chroot-scripts/
*--contrib*::
Enable the 'contrib' repository in COMPONENTS. By default only
the 'main' repository is enabled.
*-d*, *--confdir* _path_::
Place of configuration files for debootstrap, defaults to /etc/debootstrap.
*--debconf* _file_::
Use specified file for preseeding Debian packages instead of using
the default <confdir>/debconf-selections.
*--debopt* _params_::
Extra parameters passed to the debootstrap command.
*--debug*::
Execute in very verbose way. Useful for debugging possible problems
with grml-debootstrap or identify what's actually executed.
*--defaultinterfaces*::
Install a default /etc/network/interfaces file (enabling DHCP for all local
Ethernet, WLAN and WWAN interfaces using predictable network interface names
and using eth0 as traditional interface name for backward compatibility)
instead of taking over config from host system.
This option is automatically enabled when using --vm or --vmfile.
*--efi* _device_::
Partition where EFI boot manager should be installed to. If the
specified device doesn't use a FAT filesystem yet grml-debootstrap
automatically creates the filesystem. If a FAT filesystem is already
present the filesystem creation is skipped. Please ensure that it's
a valid FAT32 filesystem and the partition has the 'boot' and 'esp'
flags enabled. This option requires EFI support on the running system
and the option is NOT supported for Virtual Machine deployments.
*--filesystem* _filesystem_::
Filesystem that should be created when installing to a partition.
If unset defaults to ext4. Valid values are all filesystems that
can be created through mkfs._filesystem_.
*--force*::
Skip user acknowledgement and do not prompt for user input.
*--grmlrepos*::
Enable Grml.org's Debian repository (http://deb.grml.org/) via the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list configuration file. This provides the
option to install Debian packages from Grml's repository.
*--grub* _device_::
Device where grub should be installed to. Note that only the MBR (master
boot record) can be used (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb,...). Partitions (like
/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb2,...) are NOT supported because grub2 doesn't support
installation into the PBR (partition boot record) anymore. Usage example:
'--grub /dev/sda'. Note: just do not set this option to avoid installation
of grub.
*--help*, *-h*::
Show summary of options and exit.
*--hostname* _hostname_::
Use specified hostname instead of the default (being $HOSTNAME or if unset 'grml').
*-i*, *--iso* _/mntpoint_::
Specify mount point where you have a Debian ISO mounted loopback.
Using this option instead of the mirror option gives you the possibility
to install the base-system without network access. Make sure you
mounted the according Debian-ISO to the given _/mntpoint_. See section
'Usage examples' for a demonstration.
*--keep_src_list*::
Do not overwrite user provided /etc/apt/sources.list.
*-m*, *--mirror* _URL_::
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude.
Corresponding with configuration variable MIRROR.
*--nodebootstrap*::
Skip debootstrap, only do configuration to the target.
*--nointerfaces*::
Do not copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system to the target.
*--nokernel*::
Skip installation of default kernel images. This option might be
interesting for you if you want a Debian system which doesn't
need to provide regular boot, e.g. a system which provides
ISOs for booting via GRUB using grml-rescueboot.
*--non-free*::
Enable the 'non-free' repository in COMPONENTS.
For bookworm and newer Debian releases also the 'non-free-firmware' repository gets enabled.
By default only the 'main' repository is enabled.
*--nopackages*::
Skip installation of packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
*--nopassword*::
Do not prompt for the root password. Note: Use the '--password' option if
you want to set the root password during an automatic installation but don't
want to use the interactive dialog.
*-p*, *--mntpoint* _/mntpoint_::
Specify mount point that should be used for mounting the target system.
Corresponding with configuration variable MNTPOINT.
Note: this option has no effect if option -t is given and represents a
directory.
*--packages* _file_::
Use specified file as list for packages that should be installed instead of
the default package list file <confdir>/packages.
*--password* _password_::
Use specified password as password for user root. Use with caution, as your
command line might be visible in the process list and the shell history.
It's meant for automatic installation only.
*--post-scripts* _directory_::
Execute scripts from specified directory after executing the chroot script.
This allows customisation of the system after the chroot has been set up.
The environment variable $MNTPOINT is available inside the scripts for
direct access of the chroot.
Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/post-scripts/
*--pre-scripts* _directory_::
Execute scripts from specified directory before executing the chroot
script. This allows customisation of the system before the chroot has
been set up. The environment variable $MNTPOINT is available inside the
scripts for direct access of the chroot.
Default directory: /etc/debootstrap/pre-scripts/
*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::
Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE. Default release: bookworm
*--remove-configs*::
Delete grml-debootstrap configuration files (/etc/debootstrap/*) from installed
system. Useful for reproducible builds or if you don't want to leak information.
*--sshcopyauth*::
Use locally available _$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys_ to authorise root login on the target system.
This installs _$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys_ as _/root/.ssh/authorized_keys_ on
the target system. If a different file than _$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys_ should
be used, the environment variable _AUTHORIZED_KEYS_SOURCE_ can be used.
*--sshcopyid*::
Use locally available public keys to authorise root login on the target system.
Similar to ssh-copy-id(1) (without the -i option) it checks if `ssh-add -L`
provides any output, and if so those keys are appended to
_/root/.ssh/authorized_keys_ (creating the file and directory (with mode 0700)).
*-t*, *--target* _target_::
Target partition (/dev/...) or directory (anything else without /dev at the
beginning).
*-v*, *--verbose*::
Increase verbosity.
*--vm*::
Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device, which will be
partitioned.
This allows deployment of a Virtual Machine. The options needs to be
combined with the --target option.
This option automatically enables the --defaultinterfaces option.
Usage example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
*--vmfile*::
Set up a Virtual Machine using a regular file instead of installing to a
partition/block device or directory. This allows deployment of a Virtual
Machine. The options needs to be combined with the --target option
('qemu-img create -f raw ...' is executed on the specified target).
This option automatically enables the --defaultinterfaces option.
Usage example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
*--vmsize* _size_::
Use specified size for size of Virtual Machine disk file. If not specified it
defaults to 2G (being 2GB). Syntax as supported by qemu-img (see manpage
qemu-img(1) for details.
Usage example: --vmsize 3G
*-V*, *--version*::
Show version of program and exit.
WARNING: the command line parsing of grml-debootstrap usually does not validate
the provided arguments for the command line options. Please be careful and check
docs and /etc/debootstrap/config for further information.
Networking
----------
By default (that is, if none of the options *--nointerfaces*,
*--defaultinterfaces*, *--vmfile* or *--vm* are given) /etc/network/interfaces
will be copied from the host to the target system.
Usage examples
---------------
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
Install default Debian release (bookworm) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
grml-debootstrap --release stretch --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --hostname debian01 --password changeme
Install Debian release stretch on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
Set hostname to 'debian01' and password for user root to 'changeme'.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
Install Debian unstable/sid on /dev/sda6 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
DEBOOTSTRAP=mmdebstrap grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda
Install default Debian release (bookworm) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
Use mmdebstrap instead of default debootstrap tool for bootstrapping.
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/mapper/vg0-rootfs --grub /dev/sda
Install default Debian release (bookworm) on LVM device /dev/mapper/vg0-rootfs and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
grml-debootstrap --efi /dev/sda1 --target /dev/sda2 --grub /dev/sda
Install default Debian release (bookworm) on /dev/sda2 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
Use /dev/sda1 as EFI partition (requires EFI support in booted system).
mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot
Install default Debian release (bookworm) in directory /data/chroot (without any bootloader).
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda3 --grub /dev/sda --mirror ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
Install default Debian release (bookworm) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
Use specified mirror instead of the default (http://deb.debian.org/debian) one.
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
Install default debian release (bookworm) in a Virtual Machine file with 3GB disk size (including GRUB as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
mount -o loop ./debian-CD-1.iso /media/cdrom
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso /media/cdrom
Install Debian on /dev/sda1 using the loopback mounted Debian-ISO for the base-system and install bootmanager GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda.
Please notice, that the chroot system requires network access for all packages which are not part of the ISO.
Files
-----
/etc/debootstrap/config
Main configuration file. Adjust it according to your needs if you want to
execute grml-debootstrap in the non-interactive mode without any special command
line arguments.
/etc/debootstrap/chroot-script
The script executed within the new Debian system as soon as the main system
has been installed via [c]debootstrap.
/etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
Defines the default locales used for generating locales via locale-gen.
/etc/debootstrap/packages
Defines the software packages which should be installed in the new
Debian system by default.
/etc/debootstrap/extrapackages/
Debian Packages dropped in this directory will be installed into the new Debian
system by default (Control variable: EXTRAPACKAGES)
Customization
-------------
You can control execution of grml-debootstrap via adjusting
/etc/debootstrap/config for some main stuff or via setting some selected
variables via command line. The packages which should be installed in the new
Debian system can be defined via the file /etc/debootstrap/packages. If you
want to put existing files to the new Debian system you can place them into the
(by default non-existing) directories boot, etc, share, usr and var in
/etc/debootstrap/. Every existing directory will be copied to the new Debian
system then. If you want to install additional packages that are not available
via the Grml or Debian mirror drop them into /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages and
make sure that EXTRAPACKAGES is set to "yes".
Automatic installation
----------------------
If environment variable AUTOINSTALL is set grml-debootstrap can be executed in a
full automatic mode. While this mode isn't really useful for interactive
execution (just configure /etc/debootstrap/configure or specify the relevant
variables on the command line instead) it is meant for use via boot option
debian2hd on the Grml live system. The boot option debian2hd (more precise: the
kernelname at the bootprompt) supports the following boot options (they
correspond with the command line options mentioned above):
target=...
The target partition/directory of the new Debian system. Usage example:
target=/dev/sda1
grub=...
Where do you want to install grub to? Usage example: grub=/dev/sda
release=...
Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian bookworm.
Supported releases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, bookworm and sid.
Usage example: release=bullseye
mirror=...
Specify mirror which should be used for apt-get/aptitude instead
of the default one (http://deb.debian.org/debian).
Usage example: mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian
password=...
Set password of user root without prompting for it but set it to the given
argument. Usage example: password=AiTh5ahn
Usage example for automatic installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian password=foobar
You have to enter this command line at the bootprompt of the Grml live system.
Please make sure that /dev/sda1 is the partition where you really want to
install your new Debian system.
[NOTE]
Automatic installation within booting process is done in grml-autoconfig via
setting environment variable AUTOINSTALL and creation of
/usr/bin/grml-debootstrap_noninteractive with the available and relevant
boot options for grml-debootstrap.
Supported Releases
------------------
include::releasetable.txt[]
[NOTE]
.lenny/squeeze/wheezy/jessie/stretch/buster release
================================================================================
[1] Please notice that releases like lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch and buster are unsupported releases within Debian nowadays.
grml-debootstrap can handle the releases but you really should not use them
anymore unless you really know what you are doing.
Choose the current Debian stable version instead.
See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for the list of supported releases.
Notice that you need to specify a specific mirror providing old releases, the default (http://deb.debian.org/debian) doesn't provide them any longer.
Set the mirror to e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian/ if you don't have your own Debian mirror.
Older releases might also fail to install when running on top of recent kernel versions,
throwing segfaults during debootstrap. This can be identified by the following messages inside kernel log (check with 'dmesg'):
dpkg[...] vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none ip:[...]
dpkg[...]: segfault at [...]
To work around this issue boot your system with the kernel boot option 'vsyscall=emulate'.
You also need to specify a filesystem that's supported by lenny, e.g.
'--filesystem ext3' since grml-debootstrap's current default (ext4) isn't
supported by lenny.
Also when debootstrapping lenny on a live system with a kernel version
like "3.16-1-grml-amd64" lenny's libc will fail to install with:
[...]
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 265: [: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: integery expression expected
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 231: 3.16-1-grml-amd64: syntax error: invalid arithemtic operator (error token is ".16-1-grml-amd64")
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18lenny7_amd64.deb (--install):
[....]
To workaround this either debootstrap from a system with an according
kernel version or use the "fake uname" workaround (just google for it).
When installing lenny to a new mdraid, grml-debootstrap will use md metadata
format version 0.90. This limits the device to a maximum size of 2TB, but has
the advantage of grub-legacy actually being able to boot from it.
================================================================================
[NOTE]
.unstable and testing releases
================================================================================
[2] Please notice that Debian/testing and Debian/unstable (sid) might
not be always installable due to their nature. What _might_ work instead is
deploying a stable release and upgrade it after installation finished.
================================================================================
Bugs
----
Please report bugs towards https://github.com/grml/grml-debootstrap/issues
See also
--------
debootstrap (8), cdebootstrap (1), mmdebstrap(1).
Author
------
Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>