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| author | Jonathan Bauer | 2015-05-27 16:32:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Bauer | 2015-05-27 16:32:57 +0200 |
| commit | 0abace2bbec9e17a3630c463e4e3c329c967334b (patch) | |
| tree | 986a9bebd62c2dd596c85bf44bbec68d00cccd13 /dracut/INSTALL | |
| parent | removed hacked systemd rpms and grub2.conf (diff) | |
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restructuring & bit of documentation ;)
dracut module now in 'dnbd3-qcow2-rootfs'. ALLLLL dracut related stuff goes in here!
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diff --git a/dracut/INSTALL b/dracut/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e52f0c39 --- /dev/null +++ b/dracut/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +This subfolder is dedicated to dracut related files. + +The folder 'dnbd3-qcow2-rootfs' is a dracut module used to setup +a client's rootfs based on a (read-only) dnbd3 export made writable +through the qcow2 container format of the qemu ecosystem. + +To use this module within dracut, you simply need to copy/link/mount +the above mentioned folder to '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d' prefixed +with a numerical priority. We used '90' so far, so the module was linked +to '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dnbd3-qcow2-rootfs'. + +Once the module has been integrated in dracut's modules, you can build +the initramfs with the following command: + + dracut --no-hostonly --modules "dnbd3-qcow2-rootfs" <target_path> + +Note that the '--no-hostonly' is critical if the machine dracut is +executed on and the clients supposed to boot the resulting initramfs +differ. |