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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-04-08 16:06:49 (GMT)
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-04-08 16:06:49 (GMT)
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man page cleanup
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diff --git a/debootstrap.8 b/debootstrap.8
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--- a/debootstrap.8
+++ b/debootstrap.8
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ by running
can be an http:// URL, a file:/// URL, or an ssh:/// URL.
.PP
The
-.I SUITE may be a release code name (eg, sid, wheeze, squeeze, lenny)
+.I SUITE
+may be a release code name (eg, sid, wheezy, squeeze, lenny)
or a symbolic name (eg, unstable, testing, stable, oldstable)
.PP
Notice that file:/ URLs are translated to file:/// (correct scheme as
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ Debian installation in
.IP "\fB\-\-keyring=KEYRING\fP"
Override the default keyring for the distribution being bootstrapped,
and use
-.IR KEYRING .
+.IR KEYRING
to check signatures of retrieved Release files.
.IP
.IP "\fB\-\-no-check-gpg\fP"
@@ -157,28 +158,21 @@ Read the private key from file
.PP
To setup a \fIwheezy\fR system:
.PP
-# debootstrap wheezy ./wheezy-chroot http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
+ debootstrap wheezy ./wheezy-chroot http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
.PP
-# debootstrap wheezy ./wheezy-chroot file:///PATH_TO_LOCAL_MIRROR/debian
+ debootstrap wheezy ./wheezy-chroot file:///LOCAL_MIRROR/debian
.PP
-Full process to create a complete Debian installation of \fIsid\fR (unstable):
+Full process to create a complete Debian installation of \fIsid\fR (unstable)
+in a chroot:
.PP
- main # cd / ; mkdir /sid-root
- main # debootstrap sid /sid-root http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
+ main # debootstrap sid sid-root http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
[ ... watch it download the whole system ]
- main # echo "proc /sid-root/proc proc defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
- main # mount proc /sid-root/proc -t proc
- main # echo "sysfs /sid-root/sys sysfs defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
- main # mount sysfs /sid-root/sys -t sysfs
- main # cp /etc/hosts /sid-root/etc/hosts
- main # chroot /sid-root /bin/bash
- chroot # dselect
- [ you may use aptitude, install mc and vim ... ]
- main # echo "8:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/chroot /sid-root " \\
- "/sbin/getty 38400 tty8" >> /etc/inittab
- [ define a login tty that will use this system ]
- main # init q
- [ reload init ]
+ main # echo "proc sid-root/proc proc defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+ main # mount proc sid-root/proc -t proc
+ main # echo "sysfs sid-root/sys sysfs defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+ main # mount sysfs sid-root/sys -t sysfs
+ main # cp /etc/hosts sid-root/etc/hosts
+ main # chroot sid-root /bin/bash
.SH AUTHOR
.B debootstrap
was written by Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>.