bootstrap

Bash scripts to assist in bootstrapping Debian and openSUSE environments

It is important to adjust the scripts' variables according to your target environment.

The strapond.sh and ramstrap.sh scripts use debootstrap.
It is included in several package managers' repos.

The zyppstrap.sh script use zypper.
It must be used in an openSUSE environment.

strapond.sh - Debian

The strapond.sh script initializes some local variables.
It exports them to environmental variables.
It is important to adjust these variables according to your target environment.
Once they are set, select debootstrap to begin bootstrapping Debian
If needed, select the bind-mount option to mount --bind the virtual filesystems
/dev, /sys, and /proc

This is useful for making chroot jail environments, containers,
and dev/testing environments.

The "${debootm}" variable is the URL of a Debian ftp server.
It gets exported to "$DEBMIR".
The "${jail}" variable is the bootstrap target directory.
It gets exported to "$BIND".

ramstrap.sh - Debian

The ramstrap.sh script bootstraps a Debian system onto a zram block device.

zyppstrap - openSUSE

zyppstrap.sh uses zypper to bootstrap an openSUSE environment. I'm not aware of any other distro that uses zypper, but it is possible to use pretty much any package manager to bootstrap a system.