mkautoinstallcd8
Generate a bootable iso image for autoinstalling clients
Usage
mkautoinstallcd [-help]
[-version]
[-arch
ARCH]
[-out-file
PATH]
[-flavor
FLAVOR]
[-kernel
PATH]
[-initrd
PATH]
[-append
STRING]
[-quiet]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the mkautoinstallcd command.
mkautoinstallcd creates an iso image which can be used to boot an autoinstall client and initiate an autoinstall.
Options
A summary of options is included below.
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-help -
Show summary of options
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-version -
Display version and copyright information.
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-arch ARCH -
Create a CD image for autoinstallclients of this architecture. Defaults to the architecture of the host on which
mkautoinstallcdis being run.
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-out-file PATH -
Name of the file that will hold the resulting ISO image. (Not to worry, this will only be about 3 MB in size.)
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-flavor FLAVOR -
The flavor of the boot package to use. If this option is not specified, you will be asked to choose a flavor from the available list interactively.
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-initrd PATH -
Specify an alternate initial ramdisk to use. This is rarely useful, but may be necessary in some cases (e.g. needing to add more special files in /dev). See the SystemImager manual for instructions on creating a custom initial ramdisk.
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-append STRING -
This option allows you to pass options to the autoinstall kernel. For example, to tell the kernel to use ttyS3 as the serial console:
-append "console=ttyS3"
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-quiet -
Don't print any output, just provide an appropriate exit code.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.
-append since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-arch since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-flavor since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-initrd since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-out-file since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-quiet since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).