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author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2017-07-16 11:29:55 +0300 |
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committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2017-07-16 11:29:55 +0300 |
commit | 74da59853f9077c851f6a82aa3e2542952cb1da3 (patch) | |
tree | 79e5b56598addc5cfafae663b0caf9fea6a84f33 /README | |
parent | f2e5ede2028c916254f93938a806dcfe9537d9b4 (diff) | |
download | vmdb2-74da59853f9077c851f6a82aa3e2542952cb1da3.tar.gz |
Fix: update README to be current
vmdb2 can in fact now install a boot loader. Add URLs to git
repositories.
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ Introduction [vmdebootstrap][] installs Debian onto a disk image. It is like the [debootstrap][] tool, except the end result is a bootable disk image, -not a directory (FIXME: can't yet install a bootloader). vmdebootstrap -takes care of creating partitions, and filesystems, and allows some -more customization than the older vmdebootstrap does. +not a directory. vmdebootstrap takes care of creating partitions, and +filesystems, and allows some more customization than the older +vmdebootstrap does. vmdebootstrap is also a messy pile of kludge, and rather inflexible. vmdb2 is a re-implementation from scratch, without a need for backwards compatibility. It aims to provide more flexibility than vmdebootstrap, without becoming anywhere near as complicated. Think of vmdb2 as "vmdebootstrap the second generation". The name has changed -to allow the two tools to installable in paralllel. +to allow the two tools to installable in paralllel, which is important +for a transition period. The main user-visible difference between vmdebootstrap and vmdb2 is that the older program provides extensibility via a legion of command @@ -32,6 +33,18 @@ of guilt of making something as awful as vmdebootstrap.) [debootstrap]: https://packages.debian.org/unstable/debootstrap +Getting vmdb2 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +vmdb2 source code is available via git in two (identical) +repositories: + +* <http://git.liw.fi/vmdb2> +* <https://github.com/larswirzenius/vmdb2> + +Use either repository as you wish. + + Tutorial ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |