docs/livecd-creator.pod | 9 +++++---- tools/livecd-creator | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
New commits: commit a951443c11ccae3aeef17f9530d7154678aebf9a Author: Bruno Wolff III <[email protected]> Date: Sat Jan 15 23:14:52 2011 -0600 Update documentation for xz availability. diff --git a/docs/livecd-creator.pod b/docs/livecd-creator.pod index dd70fb9..63ea88b 100644 --- a/docs/livecd-creator.pod +++ b/docs/livecd-creator.pod @@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ Defines the file system label. The default is based on the configuration name. =item --compression-type=COMPRESSOR -Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs. The default is gzip. lzma -currently requires a custom kernel to produce a functional image. lzo works with 2.6.36+ kernels, but will generally take up more space than using gzip. If gzip -is used, the -comp option is not passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of -older versions of mksquashfs. +Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs. +gzip is the default and should work with all kernels. +lzo works with 2.6.36 and later kernels. +xz works with 2.6.38 and later kernels. lzma will only work with custom kernels. +If gzip is used, the -comp option is not passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of older versions of mksquashfs. =item --releasever=VER diff --git a/tools/livecd-creator b/tools/livecd-creator index 18c50cd..85d74eb 100755 --- a/tools/livecd-creator +++ b/tools/livecd-creator @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def parse_options(args): imgopt.add_option("", "--image-type", type="string", dest="image_type", help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP) imgopt.add_option("", "--compression-type", type="string", dest="compress_type", - help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default gzip, lzma needs custom kernel, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel)", + help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default gzip, xz needs a 2.6.38+ kernel, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel, lzma needs custom kernel)", default="gzip") imgopt.add_option("", "--releasever", type="string", dest="releasever", default=None, -- livecd mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd
