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| author | Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com> | 2013-08-22 17:35:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com> | 2013-08-22 17:35:31 +0200 |
| commit | b4140a3b2eeb366313ed34484eff9b722b5788e2 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/README b/README index 1cfb7a0..638caee 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,41 +1,19 @@ -void-mklive - The Void Linux live image maker +## The Void Linux image/live/rootfs maker and installer -This is a simple shell script to build a live image for the Void -Linux distribution. The images contain a simple dialog-based installer -to be able to install Void linux to storage disks. +This repository contains utilities for Void Linux: -The generated image can be booted from BIOS and EFI systems (dual boot). -ISOLINUX is used to boot from PC-BIOS systems, while GRUB is used to -boot in EFI systems. + * void-installer (The Void Linux el-cheapo installer for x86) + * void-mkimage (The Void Linux image maker for x86 and Raspberry Pi) + * void-mklive (The Void Linux live image maker x86) + * void-mkrootfs (The Void Linux rootfs maker for x86 and Raspberry Pi) -Dependencies: +#### Dependencies - - xbps>=0.21 - - GNU bash - - syslinux (to generate the PC-BIOS bootloader) - - dosfstools (to generate the EFI bootloader) - - xorriso (to generate the ISO image) - - squashfs-tools (to generate the squashed rootfs) + * xbps>=0.21 + * GNU bash + * syslinux (to generate the PC-BIOS bootloader) + * dosfstools (to generate the EFI bootloader) + * xorriso (to generate the ISO image) + * squashfs-tools (to generate the squashed rootfs) + * parted (to generate image) -Usage: void-mklive [options] - -Options: - -C file Path to configuration file (defaults to ~/.mklive.conf) - -c (gzip|bzip2|xz) Compression type for the squashfs/initramfs image. - -l "pkgname ..." Generate a local repository in the image with these packages. - Packages must be delimited by blanks. - -r rootdir Use this directory to generate the image (if unset, - current working directory will be used). - -o outfile Output file name for the ISO image. - -s splash Splash image file for isolinux. - -* The first time it is executed a config file will be created (~/mklive.conf). - -Take a look at the configuration file (~/mklive.conf) to tweak some -default parameters in the generated image. - -Additionally void-mkrootfs generates a rootfs tarball suitable for unpacking -on a directory ready to 'chroot'; and `void-mkimage` can generate a working disk -image with a specified rootfs tarball. - - -- Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com> |