[--customize=SCRIPT] [--hostname=HOSTNAME] [--user=USER/PASSWORD]
[--serial-console | --no-serial-console] [--sudo | --no-sudo] [--owner=OWNER]
[--bootsize=BOOTSIZE] [--boottype=FSTYPE] [--foreign=PATH] [--variant=VARIANT]
-[--no-extlinux]
+[--no-extlinux] [--squash] [--configure-apt] [--grub]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vmdebootstrap
installs a basic Debian system into a virtual disk image,
Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux option is specified, the image will use
.BR extlinux (1)
as a boot loader.
-The imagehas an empty root password and will not have networking configured.
-Set the root password before you configure networking.
+The image has an empty root password and will not have networking
+configured by default. Set the root password before you configure
+networking.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-\-output=FILE
write output to FILE, instead of standard output
.IP \-\-root-password=PASSWORD
set root password
.IP \-\-customize=SCRIPT
-run SCRIPT after setting up system
+run SCRIPT after setting up system. If the script does not exist in the current
+working directory, /usr/share/vmdebootstrap/examples/ will be checked as a
+fallback. The script needs to be executable and is passed the root directory of
+the debootstrap as the only argument. Use chroot if you need to execute binaries
+within the debootstrap.
.IP \-\-hostname=HOSTNAME
set name to HOSTNAME (debian)
.IP \-\-user=USER/PASSWORD
of processors used per run.
.IP \-\-configure\-apt
Use the specified mirror and distribution to create a suitable apt source inside
-the VM.
+the VM. Can be useful if debootstrap fails to create it automatically.
+.IP \-\-grub
+Disable extlinux installation and configure grub2 instead. grub2 will be added to
+the list of packages to install. update-grub will be called once the debootstrap is
+complete and grub-install will be called in the image. Versions of grub2 in wheezy
+can fail to install in the VM, at which point vmdebootstrap will fall back to
+extlinux. It may still be possible to complete the installation of grub2 after
+booting the VM as the problem may be related to the need to use loopback
+devices during the grub-install operation. Details of the error will appear in the
+vmdebootstrap log file, if enabled with the \-\-log option.
.SH Configuration files and settings:
.IP \-\-dump-config
write out the entire current configuration
qemu-system-x86_64 ./test.img
.PP
(This loads the image in a new window.)
+.PP
+For further examples, including u-boot support for beaglebone-black, see /usr/share/vmdebootstrap/examples
.SH NOTES
If you get problems with the bootstrap process, run a similar bootstrap call directly and chroot into the directory to investigate the failure. The actual debootstrap call is part of the vmdebootstrap logfile. The debootstrap logfile, if any, will be copied into your current working directory on error.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR debootstrap (8)
,
-.BR qemu (1)
+.BR qemu-system-x86_64 (1)
+,
+.BR grub-install (8)
.
.SH BUGS
Please provide the config section of the logfile when reporting bugs, as well as the complete command line.