Then start the virtual machine,
and log into it via its console to configure it.
.PP
-Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux option is specified, the image will use
+Unless the \-\-no\-extlinux or \-\-grub options are specified, the
+image will use
.BR extlinux (1)
as a boot loader.
The image has an empty root password and will not have networking
.IP \-\-root-password=PASSWORD
set root password
.IP \-\-customize=SCRIPT
-run SCRIPT after setting up system
+run SCRIPT after setting up system. If the script does not exist in the current
+working directory, /usr/share/vmdebootstrap/examples/ will be checked as a
+fallback. The script needs to be executable and is passed the root directory of
+the debootstrap as the only argument. Use chroot if you need to execute binaries
+within the debootstrap.
.IP \-\-hostname=HOSTNAME
set name to HOSTNAME (debian)
.IP \-\-user=USER/PASSWORD
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.
+Depending on how the image is to be booted, the \-\-mbr option may also be
+necessary with extlinux.
.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.
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