X-Git-Url: https://git.siccegge.de//index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=772f131b3d54fc26247fed382357a8b6488f89d2;hb=9d8a5152b0a56ec94bbf43c37539f6760a3a1404;hp=be4ea6a1aa7176b5baa1cd31a9e6b1350b288445;hpb=a5a04c0bb75de9653693eaa029ba8b7f84cad820;p=forks%2Fvmdebootstrap.git diff --git a/README b/README index be4ea6a..772f131 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,14 +2,32 @@ README for vmdebootstrap ======================== `debootstrap` installs a basic Debian system into a directory, for use with -`chroot`(8). `vmdeboostrap` is a wrapper around it to install Debian into a disk -image, which can be used with a virtual machine (such as KVM). +`chroot`(8). `vmdebootstrap` is a wrapper around it to install Debian into +a disk image, which can be used with a virtual machine (such as KVM). + +See the manual page and `vmdebootstrap --help` for details on how to +use the program. The manual page has an example. + + +What you need +------------- + +In order to use vmdebootstrap, you'll need a few things: + +* debootstrap +* extlinux +* qemu-img (in the qemu-utils package in Debian) +* parted +* mbr +* kpartx +* python-cliapp (see http://liw.fi/cliapp/) Legalese -------- -Copyright 2011 Lars Wirzenius +Copyright 2011-2013 Lars Wirzenius +Copyright 2012 Codethink Limited This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by