| Package | rootstrap |
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| Priority | Priority |
| Section | utils |
| Installed-Size | 136 |
| Maintainer | Matt Zimmerman |
| Architecture | i386 |
| Version | 0.3-1 |
| Depends | python, user-mode-linux (>= 2.4.17.12um-1), debootstrap (>= 0.1.16.4), dpkg (>= 1.9.19) |
| Filename | pool/main/r/rootstrap/rootstrap_0.3-1_i386.deb |
| Size | 11516 |
| MD5sum | a65901a82d29eafafc66983e01dcd940 |
| Description | A tool for building complete Linux filesystem images |
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| Rootstrap was originally written to provide a facility for building
filesystems for use with User-mode Linux, but can be useful in other
applications as well.
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It uses a modular set of shell scripts to create the filesystem
image, install a base system, and customize it for a particular
application. Currently, it only builds Debian systems, but the
architecture is such that other base systems could be used instead.
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Use of rootstrap does not require root access, or special privileges
of any kind. This is because it builds the filesystem inside a
User-mode Linux system running under an
unprivileged uid.
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Filesystem creation with rootstrap is quick and painless. With a
local mirror and a single command, a fresh Debian woody filesystem
can be created in about 3 minutes on relatively modest hardware.
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