From c4b902b1a49d1702e87c628cb3115271b8acbc9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Bauer Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:25:26 +0100 Subject: Added note about how to use a different filesystem --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7c98e48..50a5c95 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,5 +33,11 @@ A default password is defined in base.json and the corresponding SHA-512 hashes in the kickstart/preseed files. If you change the 'ssh_password' make sure to change the hashes in the ks/ps files (generate with 'mkpasswd -m sha-512')! +The partitioning of the virtual disk is done via kickstart/preseed files. Currently, +a simple partition scheme is used: separate boot partition, rest a the main system +partition labeled as SLX_SYS, using ext4 as filesystem. Other filesystems are also +supported, tested were currently xfs and btrfs. If you change the filesystem to use +you need to adapt your boot configuration file (SLX_MOUNT_ROOT_OPTIONS). + While the qemu builder produces a qcow2 image, it can be further compressed using: virt-sparsify --compress -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522