X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=febootstrap-to-supermin.pod;h=123327ce732561f8dbbebf8eecc7999ac50d57d0;hb=8e6a3ac4051e639b9ef17c4049e6cc11dab1bc76;hp=6263f51d47cadedc9d39ca26dcd49315a5e79896;hpb=76b7711268a6b0c0929952ee261821825589a165;p=febootstrap.git diff --git a/febootstrap-to-supermin.pod b/febootstrap-to-supermin.pod index 6263f51..123327c 100644 --- a/febootstrap-to-supermin.pod +++ b/febootstrap-to-supermin.pod @@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ Use supermin appliances with caution. =head2 ANATOMY OF A SUPERMIN APPLIANCE -A supermin appliance consists of two files: +A supermin appliance consists usually of just two files, but can +contain several files and directories from the list below: =over 4 @@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ call it anything you want) is the skeleton initramfs. This is like an initramfs built by L, but all libraries and binaries are removed. +Note that this file is a cpio file in cpio "newc" format, and is +I compressed (unlike initramfs files which are compressed cpio +files). + =item hostfiles.txt This plain text file contains a list of files that we need to add back @@ -106,6 +111,14 @@ the file contains lib64/libreadline.so.6.* +=item any directory + +You can specify a directory which should contain image file(s) +and hostfile(s). + +Using a directory is useful either to keep the appliance-related files +together, or to make more complex appliances containing optional bits. + =back =head2 RECONSTRUCTING AN INITRAMFS FROM A SUPERMIN APPLIANCE @@ -175,8 +188,8 @@ Richard W.M. Jones =head1 COPYRIGHT -(C) Copyright 2009 Red Hat Inc., -L. +(C) Copyright 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc., +L. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by