MKAUTOINSTALLCD

Name

mkautoinstallcd --  generate a bootable iso image for autoinstalling clients

Synopsis

mkautoinstallcd [-help] [-version] [-arch ARCH] [-out-file PATH] [-flavor FLAVOR] [-kernel PATH] [-initrd PATH] [-append STRING] [-quiet]

DESCRIPTION

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.

-help

Show summary of options

-version

Display version and copyright information.

-arch ARCH

Create a CD image for autoinstallclients of this architecture. Defaults to the architecture of the host on which mkautoinstallcd is being run.

-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.)

-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.

-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.

-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"

-quiet

Don't print any output, just provide an appropriate exit code.

SEE ALSO

mkautoinstalldiskette(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann <> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).