NAME

lcfg-mkpxeboot - Script for building a PXE boot kernel and init set

SYNOPSIS

lcfg-mkpxeboot [ --url url ] [ --profile profile ] [ --revision revision ] [ --os os ] [ --verbose ] [ --help ]

DESCRIPTION

lcfg-mkpxeboot is used to rebuild the LCFG PXE boot package which contains the kernel (vmlinuz) and initramfs archive (initrd).

This command must be run as root.

OPTIONS

-u,--url url

Specifies the URL root which holds the profile for the installroot. Defaults to http://lcfghost/profiles.

-p,--profile profile

Specifies the name of the profile for the installroot. Defaults to installroot-pxe- joined with the current setting for os.

-o,--os os

Specifies the target release name for the installroot, defaults to the contents of /etc/LCFG-RELEASE.

-r,--revision revision

Specifies the revision number that will be given to the generated package, this defaults to 1. When you are generating a new package based on the same kernel as the previous one you probably need to use this option to create a new package with a higher release.

-v,--verbose

Displays more information on what lcfg-mkpxeboot is doing.

-h,-V,--help

Displays version and usage information.

PLATFORMS

Fedora5, Fedora6, ScientificLinux5

AUTHOR

Stephen Quinney <squinney@inf.ed.ac.uk>