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Update documentation for upcoming stable release Debian/jessie
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mika committed Oct 13, 2014
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*-r*, *--release* _releasename_::

Specify release of new Debian system. Supported releases names: lenny,
squeeze, wheezy (note: requires current version of debootstrap) and sid.
Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.
squeeze, wheezy, jessie (note: requires a recent version of debootstrap)
and sid. Corresponding with configuration variable RELEASE.

*--pre-scripts* _directory_::

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grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda1 --grub /dev/sda

Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda1 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda1 as system partition.

grml-debootstrap --target /dev/sda6 --grub /dev/sda --release sid
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mount /dev/sda1 /data/chroot
grml-debootstrap --target /data/chroot

Install default Debian release (wheezy) in directory /data/chroot (without
Install default Debian release (jessie) 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 (wheezy) in a Virtual Machine file with
Install default debian release (jessie) in a Virtual Machine file with
3GB disk size (including Grub as bootmanager in MBR of the virtual disk file):

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
grml-debootstrap --vmfile --vmsize 3G --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img

Install default Debian release (wheezy) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
Install default Debian release (jessie) on /dev/sda3 and install bootmanager
Grub in MBR (master boot record) of /dev/sda and use /dev/sda3 as system partition.
Use specified mirror instead of the default (ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian) one.

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release=...

Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian wheezy. Supported
relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy and sid. Usage example: release=sid
Specify release of new Debian system. Defaults to Debian jessie. Supported
relases: lenny, squeeze, wheezy, jessie and sid. Usage example: release=sid

mirror=...

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================================================================================
[1] Please notice that lenny is an unsupported release within Debian nowadays.
grml-debootstrap can handle the release but you really should not use lenny
anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 6.0 (squeeze)
or Debian 7.0 (wheezy) instead.
anymore unless you really know what you are doing. Choose Debian 7.0 (wheezy) or
something newer instead.

Notice that you need to specify a mirror providing the lenny release, the
default (http://http.debian.net/debian) doesn't provide it any longer nowadays.
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[NOTE]
.unstable and testing releases
================================================================================
[2] Please notice that jessie (Debian/testing) and sid (Debian/unstable) might
[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.
================================================================================
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Lenny works [1] works [1]
Squeeze works works
Wheezy works works
Jessie works works
Sid works [2] works [2]
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