si_mkautoinstallcd(8)

NAME

si_mkautoinstallcd - generate a bootable iso image for au

toinstalling clients

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the si_mkautoinstallcd

command.

si_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

si_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 op

tion 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. need

ing 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 au

toinstall 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

si_mkautoinstalldiskette(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann <<dannf@debian.org>>

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

06 March 2007 SI_MKAU

TOINSTALLCD(8)