febootstrap-supermin-helper supermin.img hostfiles.txt host_cpu kernel initrd
febootstrap-supermin-helper input [...] host_cpu kernel initrd
+ febootstrap-supermin-helper -f ext2 input [...] host_cpu kernel initrd appliance
+
=head1 DESCRIPTION
I<febootstrap-supermin-helper> reconstructs a bootable kernel and
=head1 PARAMETERS
-Of the four or five required parameters, the first few are I<input>
-files, and the last two are I<output> files.
+Of the required parameters, the first few are I<input> files, and the
+last two or three are I<output> files.
C<supermin.img> and C<hostfiles.txt> are the input files which
describe the supermin appliance. (You can also use a directory name
C<host_cpu> should be the host CPU, eg. C<x86_64> or C<i686>.
-C<kernel> and C<initrd> are the temporary output files that this
-script produces. These output files are meant to be used just for
-booting the appliance, and should be deleted straight afterwards.
+C<kernel>, C<initrd> and C<appliance> are the temporary output files
+that this script produces. These output files are meant to be used
+just for booting the appliance, and should be deleted straight
+afterwards. The extra C<appliance> parameter is only required when
+the format is C<ext2>.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
-=item B<-f cpio> | B<--format cpio>
+=item B<-f fmt> | B<--format fmt>
+
+Select the output format for the appliance. Possible formats are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item cpio
+
+A Linux initramfs. This is the default.
-Select the output format. The default, and only possible output
-format, is C<cpio> (ie. a Linux initramfs).
+In this case you have to supply names for the C<kernel>
+and C<initrd>, where the C<initrd> is the appliance.
+
+=item ext2
+
+An ext2 filesystem.
+
+In this case you have to supply names for the C<kernel>,
+a small C<initrd> which is used just to locate the appliance,
+and the C<appliance> (the ext2 filesystem).
+
+=back
=item B<-k file> | B<--kmods file>