import time
-__version__ = '0.4'
+__version__ = '0.5'
class VmDebootstrap(cliapp.Application):
self.settings.string(['mirror'],
'use MIRROR as package source (%default)',
metavar='URL',
- default='http://cdn.debian.net/debian/')
+ default='http://http.debian.net/debian/')
self.settings.string(['arch'], 'architecture to use (%default)',
metavar='ARCH',
default=default_arch)
self.settings.boolean(['grub'],
'Install and configure grub2 - disables '
'extlinux.')
+ self.settings.boolean(['sparse'],
+ 'Dont fill the image with zeros to keep a sparse disk image',
+ default=False)
def process_args(self, args):
if not self.settings['image'] and not self.settings['tarball']:
if self.settings['bootsize'] and self.settings['bootsize'] is not '0%':
bootsize = str(self.settings['bootsize'] / (1024 * 1024))
self.runcmd(['parted', '-s', self.settings['image'],
- 'mkpart', 'primary', 'fat16', '0', bootsize])
+ 'mkpart', 'primary', 'fat16', '0%', bootsize])
else:
bootsize = '0%'
self.runcmd(['parted', '-s', self.settings['image'],
self.runcmd(['chroot', rootdir, 'update-grub'])
self.runcmd(['chroot', rootdir, 'grub-install', install_dev])
except cliapp.AppException as e:
- self.message("Failed to configure grub2. Using extlinux.")
+ self.message("Failed. Is grub2-common installed? Using extlinux.")
self.runcmd(['umount', os.path.join(rootdir, 'sys')])
self.runcmd(['umount', os.path.join(rootdir, 'proc')])
self.runcmd(['umount', os.path.join(rootdir, 'dev')])
"""
Filing up the image with zeros will increase its compression rate
"""
- zeros = os.path.join(rootdir, 'ZEROS')
- self.runcmd_unchecked(['dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'of=' + zeros, 'bs=1M'])
- self.runcmd(['rm', '-f', zeros])
+ if not self.settings['sparse']:
+ zeros = os.path.join(rootdir, 'ZEROS')
+ self.runcmd_unchecked(['dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'of=' + zeros, 'bs=1M'])
+ self.runcmd(['rm', '-f', zeros])
def squash(self):
"""