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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2017-07-16 11:29:55 +0300
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2017-07-16 11:29:55 +0300
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Fix: update README to be current
vmdb2 can in fact now install a boot loader. Add URLs to git repositories.
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@@ -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
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