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There's no reason to say "use /dev/sda1 as system partition"
all the time, when we already mention that we "Install Debian on /dev/sda1".

Provide usage examples for mmdebstrap and LVM devices.

The --iso option also accepts mountpoint without any file: syntax,
which is more human-friendly.
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grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda

Install default Debian release (buster) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
Install default Debian release (buster) 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 foobar --password changeme
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 and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.
Set hostname to 'foobar' and password for user root to '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, install bootmanager GRUB in MBR
(master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda6 as system partition.
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 (buster) 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 (buster) 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 --efi

Install default Debian release (buster) 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 (buster) in directory /data/chroot (without
any bootloader).
Install default Debian release (buster) 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 (buster) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
GRUB in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.
Install default Debian release (buster) 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 (buster) in a Virtual Machine file with
3GB disk size (including GRUB as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):
Install default debian release (buster) in a Virtual Machine file with 3GB disk size (including GRUB as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):

mount -o loop /mnt/sda6/debian-CD-1.iso /mnt/iso
grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda --iso file:/mnt/iso/debian/
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 and use /dev/sda1 as system partition. Please notice, that the chroot
system requires network access for all packages which are not part of the
ISO.
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.

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