NAME

buildinstallroot - Script to rebuild the LCFG installroot

VERSION

This documentation refers to lcfg-buildinstallroot version 0.99.31

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/buildinstallroot [ -r rootdir ] [ -o isofile ] [ -u url ] [ -p profile ] [ -c defaultcd ] [ -v ] [ -f ] [ -V ]

DESCRIPTION

buildinstallroot is used to rebuild the LCFG installroot and optionally to create an ISO image of the installroot.

This command must be run as root.

OPTIONS

-r,--root rootdir

Specifies the target directory for the installroot. Defaults to /r.

-o isofile

If this option is specified, a bootable ISO image of the installroot is created with the given filename.

-u,--url url

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

--release release

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

-p,--profile profile

Specifies the name of the profile for the installroot. Defaults to installroot- joined with the setting for release.

-c,--cd

Specifies the default CDROM device. Defaults to sr0.

-v,--verbose

Displays more information on what buildinstallroot is doing.

-f,--force

Force deletion of any preexisting directory tree under rootdir.

-V,--help

Displays version and usage information.

PLATFORMS

Fedora3, Fedora5, Fedora6, Scientific5

AUTHOR

Alastair Scobie <ascobie@inf.ed.ac.uk>