Reference

diskless-createbasetgz(8)

create a base.tgz file for diskless initialization

NAME

diskless-createbasetgz - create a base.tgz file for diskless initialization

SYNOPSIS

diskless-createbasetgz [temporal work directory name] [debian release tag] [mirror site address] [base.tgz absolute path location] createbasetgz [temporal work directory name] [debian release tag] [mirror site address] [base.tgz absolute path location]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a base.tgz file that can be used compatibly with base2_2.tgz so that diskless can work as it used to do in potato. This program must be ran before running any of the diskless programs, to generate a template.

OPTIONS

temporal work directory name

Specify a random directory name for working. About 100MB of free space is required.

debian release tag

Specify "woody" for Debian 3.0

mirror site address

Any Debian mirror should do. Use your own local mirror.

base.tgz absolute path location

The path where base.tgz should be created. Something like /home/user/base.tgz should do.

AUTHOR

Junichi Uekawa <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

diskless-newhost(8) diskless-newimage(8)