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| author | Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> | 2010-06-04 09:24:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> | 2011-03-09 17:53:26 +0100 |
| commit | d4943aab270a6e43662d63220e4c9e3315b01987 (patch) | |
| tree | 1eb61769a22583ba783f0513cac97e250409e361 /manpages/en/live-boot.7 | |
| parent | 762405f8bac3e19efe419aebf371be168aacf8cd (diff) | |
| download | live-boot-d4943aab270a6e43662d63220e4c9e3315b01987.tar.gz live-boot-d4943aab270a6e43662d63220e4c9e3315b01987.zip | |
Updating docs wrt/ httpfs.
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diff --git a/manpages/en/live-boot.7 b/manpages/en/live-boot.7 index 8788297..c7139da 100644 --- a/manpages/en/live-boot.7 +++ b/manpages/en/live-boot.7 @@ -32,14 +32,29 @@ Set the accessibility level for physically or visually impared users. ACCESS mus Set the default console to be used with the "live\-getty" option. Example: "console=ttyS0,115200" .IP "\fBdebug\fR" 4 Makes initramfs boot process more verbose. +.br +Use: debug=1 +.br +Without setting debug to a value the messages may not be shown. .IP "\fBfetch\fR=\fIURL\fR" 4 -Another form of netboot by downloading a squashfs image from a given url, copying to ram and booting it. Due to current limitations in busyboxs wget and DNS resolution, an URL can not contain a hostname but an IP only. +.IP "\fBhttpfs\fR=\fIURL\fR" 4 +Another form of netboot by downloading a squashfs image from a given url. +The fetch method copies the image to ram and the httpfs method uses fuse and +httpfs2 to mount the image in place. Copying to ram requires more memory and +might take a long time for large images. However, it is more likely to work +correctly because it does not require networking afterwards and the system +operates faster once booted because it does not require to contact the server +anymore. +.br +Due to current limitations in busyboxs wget and DNS resolution, an URL can not contain a hostname but an IP only. .br Not working: http://example.com/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs .br Working: http://1.2.3.4/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs .br Also note that therefore it's currently not possible to fetch an image from a namebased virtualhost of an httpd if it is sharing the ip with the main httpd instance. +.br +You may also use the live iso image in place of the squashfs image. .IP "\fBignore_uuid\fR" 4 Do not check that any UUID embedded in the initramfs matches the discovered medium. live\-boot may be told to generate a UUID by setting LIVE_GENERATE_UUID=1 when building the initramfs. .IP "\fBintegrity\-check\fR" 4 |