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update-grml-rescueboot(8) System Manager's Manual update-grml-rescueboot(8)

NAME

update-grml-rescueboot - Script to integrate Grml ISO for booting via GRUB

SYNOPSIS

update-grml-rescueboot [-f] [-t small|full]

DESCRIPTION

grml-rescueboot integrates Grml ISO booting into GRUB. It provides a script for update-grub which looks for Grml ISO images in /boot/grml, and automatically adds an entry for each image. The purpose is to use one of those images to boot a Grml rescue system without using a CD, USB stick or network boot (PXE).

update-grml-rescueboot is a script which checks for the latest stable version of Grml (via download.grml.org), ensures there is enough free disk space in /boot/grml and downloads the ISO to /boot/grml. It verifies the ISO signature and upon success executes update-grub then. Everything should be ready for booting a Grml ISO via GRUB then.

This script makes it even easier to integrate a Grml ISO into GRUB via grml-rescueboot. All that needs to be done is to install grml-rescueboot and then invoke update-grml-rescueboot. Using the -t option, it is possible to use specific Grml ISOs. If this option is not specified, it defaults to the full flavour matching the hardware architecture (amd64 or arm64).

OPTIONS

Force execution, ignoring, e.g. existing ISO files and disk space checks for /boot/grml.
Display usage information and exit script.
Choose Grml flavour, specified via arg. Supported flavours are 'small' and 'full'. If unset defaults to 'full'.

AUTHOR

update-grml-rescueboot was written by Michael Prokop, based on a script by Felipe Sateler.

BUGS

Please report them towards Debian's BTS, see https://bugs.debian.org/grml-rescueboot.

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