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| -rwxr-xr-x | bin/debvm-create | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/debvm-create b/bin/debvm-create index 4651e00..41a6139 100755 --- a/bin/debvm-create +++ b/bin/debvm-create @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ B<debvm-create> [B<-a> I<architecture>] [B<-h> I<hostname>] [B<-k> F<sshkey>] [B =head1 DESCRIPTION -B<debvm-create> is essentially a thin wrapper around B<mmdebstrap> for creating a raw ext4 or tar filesystem image for booting with B<debvm-run>. +B<debvm-create> is essentially a thin wrapper around B<mmdebstrap> for creating a raw ext4 filesystem image for booting with B<debvm-run>. The purpose of these images primarily is testing the different releases and architectures without access to a physical machine of that architecture. Beyond essential packages, the image will contain B<apt>, an init system and a suitable kernel package. Notably absent is a bootloader and a partition table. @@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ Skips adding a the customize-autologin.sh to B<mmdebstrap> that configures automatic root login on a serial console and also parses the C<TERM> kernel cmdline and passes it as C<TERM> to B<agetty>. +=item B<ext4> + +Internally, B<mmdebstrap> creates a tar archive first and converts that to ext2, which is then upgraded to ext4. +This option causes the conversion to ext2 and further steps to be skipped and the output image will be a tar archive instead. +Such a tar archive is not suitable for being booted by B<debvm-run>. + =item B<kernel> skips installing a linux kernel image. |