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PROGRAM:
NAME
gentcos - TCOS image boot generator
SYNOPSIS
gentcos [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manpage show options for gentcos boot image generator. See gentcos
-h to better descriptions.
You must exec this app as root user.
gentcos is a shell script that create a TCOS initramfs and optionally a
iso image to boot from it.
OPTIONS
-h
-help Show extended usage about gentcos
-suffix=foo
Suffix used to filenames (default empy)
-vmlinuz=2.6.16-1-486
Kernel version used to create initramfs
-size Print size of uncompressed initramfs ram disk
-allmodules
Generate allmodules.squashfs and copy to /var/lib/tcos/tftp
Then thin client must start with allmodules cmdline to download
it
BOOT METHODS
PXE like method
-tftp Create initramfs-x.x.x (and usr-x.x.x.squashfs) and copy to
/var/lib/tcos/tftp
-o=initramfs-pc1 output filename (in /var/lib/tcos/tftp)
NFS (LTSP like) method
-nfs Create initramfs-x.x.x-nfs and copy to /var/lib/tcos/tftp
-rootfs
Creates an complete TCOS and uncompress in /var/lib/tcos/fs-
x.x.x
NOTE: Need a NFS server (apt-get install nfs-kernel-server) and
this line in /etc/exports:
/var/lib/tcos 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
(ro,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
(change network data with yours)
Floppy boot method
-nbi Create initramfs (and usr.squashfs) an join with kernel in a nbi
file then copy to /var/lib/tcos/tftp
-nbi-output=linux-pc1.nbi
output filename (in /var/lib/tcos/tftp)
CDROM method
-cdrom Create initramfs and create a bootable iso based on isolunux Iso
image is saved in /var/lib/tcos/isos/
EXAMPLES
PXE like boot (>=64 MB)
# gentcos -tftp -suffix=-pc1
NFS (LTSP like) boot (28-64 MB)
# gentcos -nfs -rootfs
CDROM boot
# gentcos -cdrom
Floppy boot
# gentcos -nbi -extra-append="vga=791 uselocal"
Package cache
Sometimes TCOS need some software that conflicts with installed
packages. To solve this, gentcos can download and extract package
files in /var/cache/tcos/packages/pkg_name to copy files to initramfs.
Howto install a cached package
-instpkg foo
Exec apt-get install --print-uris -y -f foo
get the package URI and uncompress it
into /var/cache/tcos/packages/foo
Remove one or more packages
-rmpkg foo
Remove foo package.
List installed packages
-listpkg
Show all packages installed.
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