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@@ -2,13 +2,27 @@ README for vmdebootstrap ======================== `debootstrap` installs a basic Debian system into a directory, for use with -`chroot`(8). `vmdeboostrap` is a wrapper around it to install Debian into a disk -image, which can be used with a virtual machine (such as KVM). +`chroot`(8). `vmdeboostrap` is a wrapper around it to install Debian into +a disk image, which can be used with a virtual machine (such as KVM). See the manual page and `vmdebootstrap --help` for details on how to use the program. The manual page has an example. +What you need +------------- + +In order to use vmdebootstrap, you'll need a few things: + +* debootstrap +* extlinux +* qemu-img (in the qemu-utils package in Debian) +* parted +* mbr +* kpartx +* python-cliapp (see http://liw.fi/cliapp/) + + Legalese -------- |