From 1fd54be3ae8cd71b4a0d733e0b42832f09a730a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: torben Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:40:30 +0100 Subject: Document new simplified approaches. --- builder/INSTALL | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'builder/INSTALL') diff --git a/builder/INSTALL b/builder/INSTALL index e52f0c39..a20a93a5 100644 --- a/builder/INSTALL +++ b/builder/INSTALL @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ 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. +a client's rootfs based on a (read-only) dnbd3 export made writable +through the kernel device mapper features. -To use this module within dracut, you simply need to copy/link/mount +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'. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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" + dracut --no-hostonly --modules "dnbd3-qcow2-rootfs" Note that the '--no-hostonly' is critical if the machine dracut is executed on and the clients supposed to boot the resulting initramfs -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522