improve the kernel package option description.

[forks/vmdebootstrap.git] / vmdebootstrap.8.in

diff --git a/vmdebootstrap.8.in b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
index 34dfe024c0a78f3f324c924d094c036e98185335..6632aad9999cfe742a0e083318d9c3078ccb070f 100644 (file)
--- a/vmdebootstrap.8.in
+++ b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ and log into it via its console to configure it.
 The image has an empty root password and will not have networking
 configured by default. Set the root password before you configure
 networking.
+.SH NETWORKING
+The \-\-enable\-networking option uses the /etc/network/interfaces.d/
+source directory, with the default settings for
+.B lo
+and
+.B eth0
+being added to /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup. Other networking
+configuration can be specified using a customisation script.
+Localhost settings would be:
+ auto lo
+ iface lo inet loopback
+
+If \-\-enable\-dhcp is specified, these settings are also included
+into /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup:
+
+ auto eth0
+ iface eth0 inet dhcp
+
 .SH BOOTLOADERS
 Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux or \-\-grub options are specified, the
 image will use
@@ -165,7 +183,11 @@ install package in DEB file onto system (not from mirror)
 do not install a linux package
 .IP \-\-kernel-package
 If \-\-no-kernel is not used and the auto-selection of the
-.B linux-image\$arch
+.B linux-image-586
+or
+.B linux-image-armmp
+or
+.B linux-image-$ARCH
 package is not suitable, the kernel package can be specified
 explicitly.
 .IP \-\-enable-dhcp
@@ -280,7 +302,7 @@ sudo chmod a+w ./test.img
 .PP
 Execute using qemu, e.g. on amd64 using qemu-system-x86_64:
 .IP
-qemu-system-x86_64 ./test.img
+qemu-system-x86_64 -drive format=raw,file=./test.img
 .PP
 (This loads the image in a new window.)
 .PP