bootstrap-install-dgl

Install a pre-customized Debian GNU/Linux with debootstrap from scratch

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Author: Frank Guthausen
License: GNU General Public License v2 (if no other license is mentioned)
this is a tool collection to create chroot environments, containers, bootable USB devices, virtual machines (e.g. KVM or Xen) and normal bootable installations for servers, desktops and laptops

Usage: quick install amd64 (64bit) Debian jessie

choose a device which will become the root device of your new system
note UUID for fstab
mount it to /mnt
for each separate device/partition, e.g. as in /home /tmp /var etc.pp., mkdir /mnt/${foo} and mount
note UUID(s) for fstab
debootstrap

    date ; time debootstrap --arch amd64 jessie /mnt http://ftp.debian.org/debian ; date

mount further devices, e.g. for /boot
note UUID(s) for fstab
clone this git repository

    cd /mnt/opt
    git clone https://github.com/fmgborg/bootstrap-install-dgl.git
    date ; time rsync -a /mnt/opt/bootstrap-install-dgl/bootstrap /mnt/opt/ ; date

mount system devices (chrootenv on)

    mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
    mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
    mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
    mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys

choose an identifier for customization, e.g. acme (ACME)

    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/meta/etc/customizationname

run the customization script

    chroot /mnt/ /opt/bootstrap/jessie/meta/sbin/customization.sh

edit configuration template files, to boot the new system at least

    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/etc/network/interfaces
    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/etc/fstab
    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/etc/hostname
    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/etc/hosts

edit installation script (noninteractive or interactive)

    vi /mnt/opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/sbin/run-once-stage.00.01-pre-user.sh

run the installation script

    time chroot /mnt/ sh /opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/sbin/run-once-stage.00.01-pre-user.sh

or to read the logfile later

    { date ; time chroot /mnt/ sh /opt/bootstrap/jessie/system/customized/sbin/run-once-stage.00.01-pre-user.sh ; date ; } 2>&1 | tee -a install.log

chroot into the new installation

    chroot /mnt

you should see a coloured prompt, beginning with the word ``chroot''
for non German keyboard layouts there is no preconfiguration yet

    dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration
    dpkg-reconfigure -plow console-setup

install bootloader

    aptitude install grub-pc # grub2

leave chroot with CTRL+D or exit
unmount devices in reverse order

    umount /mnt/sys
    umount /mnt/proc
    umount /mnt/dev/pts
    umount /mnt/dev
    umount /mnt/boot
    umount /mnt/${foo}
    umount /mnt

the new system should boot now

Another short howto can be found in the bootstrap/README file.

fmgborg/bootstrap-install-dgl

bootstrap-install-dgl

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Usage: quick install amd64 (64bit) Debian jessie

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