Enable networking in source directory

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

diff --git a/vmdebootstrap.8.in b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
index aecc792454670b7d9dfcef5aa1bd0e5cbdcd713a..e1cd3ff3e968d2f17e2cf83d4fe88bbb0aee4762 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
@@ -233,6 +251,9 @@ available.
 Disable extlinux installation and configure grub2 instead. grub2 will be added to
 the list of packages to install. update-grub will be called once the debootstrap is
 complete and grub-install will be called in the image.
+.IP \-\-no\-acpid
+Disable installation of acpid if not required, otherwise acpid will be
+installed if \-\-foreign is not used.
 .IP \-\-pkglist
 Output a list of package names installed inside the image. Useful if you
 need to track the relevant source packages used inside the image for