On 06/18/2011 12:33 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Signed-off-by: Dieter Plaetinck<[email protected]> --- README | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)diff --git a/README b/README index 7f64874..dee3a50 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ INDEX * Image types generated by mkarchiso. * File format for aitab. -* Why /isolinux directory and /arch/boot/syslinux/ ? -* Steps to build the most basic Arch Linux live medium. (configs/baseline) -* Steps to build official Arch Linux live medium images. (configs/releng) +* Why the /isolinux and /arch/boot/syslinux directories? +* Building the most basic Arch Linux live media. (configs/baseline) +* Building official Arch Linux live media. (configs/releng) *** Image types generated by mkarchiso. -* image-name.sfs SquashFS filesystem image with all files directly on it. +* image-name.sfs SquashFS image with all files directly on it. * image-name.fs.sfs SquashFS with only one file inside (image-name.fs), - that is an image of some type of filesystem + which is an image of some type of filesystem (ext4, ext3, ext2, xfs), all files reside on it. -* image-name.fs Like with image-name.fs.sfs but without SquashFS. +* image-name.fs Like image-name.fs.sfs but without SquashFS. (For testing purposes only. The option copytoram for archiso hook does not have any effect on these images) @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ INDEX *** File format for aitab. -The file aitab maintains information about the filesystems images that -must be created by mkarchiso and mounted at initramfs stage from archiso hook. -It consists of some fields that set the behaviour of images in this order: +The aitab file holds information about the filesystems images that must be +created by mkarchiso and mounted at initramfs stage from the archiso hook. +It consists of some fields which define the behaviour of images. #<img> <mnt> <arch> <sfs_comp> <fs_type> <fs_size> @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ It consists of some fields that set the behaviour of images in this order: <mnt> Mount point. <arch> Architecture { i686 | x86_64 | any }. <sfs_comp> SquashFS compression type { gzip | lzo | xz }. - A special value of "none" can be used, no SquashFS is used. + A special value of "none" denotes no usage of SquashFS. <fs_type> Set the filesystem type of the image { ext4 | ext3 | ext2 | xfs }. - A special value of "none" can be used, no filesystem is used. + A special value of "none" denotes no usage of a filesystem. In that case all files are pushed directly to SquashFS filesystem. <fs_size> An absolute value of file system image size in MiB. (example: 100, 1000, 4096, etc) @@ -48,26 +48,26 @@ Note: Some combinations are invalid, example: sfs_comp=none and fs_type=none -*** Why /isolinux and /arch/boot/syslinux ? +*** Why the /isolinux and /arch/boot/syslinux directories? -Under /isolinux directory only files needed for ISOLINUX boot loader -module of SYSLINUX are present. ISOLINUX can not find config files on +The /isolinux directory holds files needed for the ISOLINUX boot loader +module of SYSLINUX. ISOLINUX can not find config files on /arch/boot/syslinux, like other boot loaders modules (EXTLINUX, SYSLINUX, etc). -When make your custom boot-pendrive, just need to copy /arch directory to it. -/isolinux/isolinux.cfg just load /arch/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg +When make your custom boot-pendrive, you need to copy /arch directory to it. +/isolinux/isolinux.cfg just holds /arch/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg -*** Steps to build the most basic Arch Linux live medium. (configs/baseline) +*** Building the most basic Arch Linux live media. (configs/baseline) -* First install devtools if needed, this is for use mkarchroot. +* First install devtools if needed, mkarchroot needs it. [host] # pacman -S devtools * Create a chroot to work on it. (prefix with linux32 if you want to build a 32 bits enviroment under 64 bits) [host] # mkarchroot /tmp/chroot base -* Enter on it. (prefix with linux32 if needed). +* Enter it. (prefix with linux32 if needed). [host] # mkarchroot -r bash /tmp/chroot * Create a loopback device. @@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ When make your custom boot-pendrive, just need to copy /arch directory to it. * Exit from chroot. [chroot] # exit -Note: If you want to customize, just see the directory configs/releng -that is used to build official images with much more things. +Note: If you want to customize, just see the configs/releng directory which is +used to build official images with much more things. -*** Steps to build official Arch Linux live medium images (configs/baseline) +*** Building official Arch Linux live media. (configs/releng) Note: These steps should be done with 64 bits support. @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ echo 'Server = MIRROR/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch'>> /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist pacman -S squashfs-tools syslinux devtools cdrkit make mkinitcpio-nfs-utils nbd --noconfirm --needed exit -* Create a shared directory for both chroot enviroments with archiso. +* Create a shared directory which archiso can access from both chroot enviroments. mkdir /tmp/shared cd /tmp/shared @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ cd mount --bind /tmp/shared /tmp/chroot32/tmp mount --bind /tmp/shared /tmp/chroot64/tmp -* Enter in 32 bits chroot enviroment, install mkarchiso, +* Enter 32 bits chroot enviroment, install mkarchiso, then build core and netinstall single images. linux32 mkarchroot -r bash /tmp/chroot32 @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ make install-program cd ../configs/releng/ ./build.sh all_iso_single -* Enter in 64 bits chroot enviroment, install mkarchiso, +* Enter 64 bits chroot enviroment, install mkarchiso, then build core and netinstall single images. mkarchroot -r bash /tmp/chroot64
Many thanks! Applied and squashed with "the big commit". -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1
