From: Neil Williams Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:35:19 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Update manpage for mbr X-Git-Url: https://git.siccegge.de//index.cgi?p=forks%2Fvmdebootstrap.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9882c671914aa3e625965b19e70719a4cbd1714e Update manpage for mbr Some images using extlinux may need mbr installed when booted other than with QEMU. --- diff --git a/vmdebootstrap.8.in b/vmdebootstrap.8.in index e8c005d..cde170b 100644 --- a/vmdebootstrap.8.in +++ b/vmdebootstrap.8.in @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ Configure the virtual machine to use the image you've created. 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 @@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ Filesystem to use for the /boot partition. (default ext2) 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.