---
name: "diskless-createbasetgz"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "diskless"
version: "0.3.18.0.5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/diskless-createbasetgz"
---

# 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 \<dancer@debian.org\>

## SEE ALSO

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