.PP
You need to run
.B vmdebootstrap
-as root.
+as root. If the \-\-verbose option is not used, no output will be
+sent to the command line. If the \-\-log option is not used, no
+output will be sent to any log files either.
.PP
To use the image,
you probably want to create a virtual machine using your preferred
create USER with PASSWORD
.IP \-\-owner=OWNER
change the owner of the final image from root to the specified user.
-.IP \-\-serial-console
+.IP \-\-serial\-console
configure image to use a serial console
+.IP \-\-serial-console-command
+set the command to manage the serial console which will be appended to
+/etc/inittab. Default is "/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100", resulting in a line
+.BR "S0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100"
+Requires the \-\-serial\-console option.
.IP \-\-sudo
install sudo, and if user is created, add them to sudo group
.IP \-\-bootsize=BOOTSIZE
Path to the binfmt_handler to enable foreign support in debootstrap. e.g. /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static - note foreign debootstraps may take a signficant amount of time to complete and that debootstrap will retry five times if packages fail to install by default.
.IP \-\-no\-extlinux
Skip installation of extlinux. needs a customize script to make the image bootable. Useful for architectures where extlinux is not supportable.
+.IP \-\-squash
+Run mksquashfs against the final image using xz compression - requires
+squashfs-tools to be installed. The final file will have the .squashfs suffix.
+By default, mksquashfs is allowed to use all processors which may result
+in high load. Run mksquashfs separately if you need to control the number
+of processors used per run.
.SH Configuration files and settings:
.IP \-\-dump-config
write out the entire current configuration