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@@ -227,7 +227,20 @@ the installer. If you have a working installer image, you can update those two files by copying new versions into place: this is much faster than building a whole new installer image. +## Building the installer image +To build the installer image, run the following on a Debian system +with the required dependencies installed and access to the Internet: + +~~~sh +sudo ./build-installer.sh ~/installer.tar.gz +~~~ + +The file name argument, `~/installer.tar.gz`, specifies what file to +use to cache the output of `debootstrap` between runs of the script. +The cache is created if it doesn't exist, and is used to speed up +repeated builds significantly. You need to use different cache if you +change the `deboottrap` or `apt` steps in the `installer.vmdb` file. ## FAQ |