diskless-newhost(8)

diskless-newhost8

Create a new diskless host

Usage

diskless-newhost [<imagedir> [<IP> [option = <value> ...] ...] ...]

Overview

This creates a new host for an existing NFS-Root image or updates an existing host. It prompts for information not supplied on the command line, and can operate on multiple clients at the same time to increase efficiency. For more information, please see /usr/doc/diskless/README.Debian.gz.

Options

<imagedir>

is where the existing NFS-root image is located. The path name must start with /. Note: The given imagedir setting will override any value previously given.

<IP>

is the IP address of a destination host.

option

is the option to set to the given value, <value>.

<value>

is the value to assign to option.

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

  1. 2.2–3.1

Bugs

The documentation is incomplete. Please see /usr/doc/diskless/README.Debian.gz and /usr/doc/diskless/TODO.gz for further information.

Author

Brian May <[email protected]>

From diskless 0.3.18.0.5 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.