Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Tue Feb 14 21:33:03 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src: BUILDING
Log Message:
Regen from revision 1.87 of doc/BUILDING.mdoc.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.97 -r1.98 src/BUILDING
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Modified files:
Index: src/BUILDING
diff -u src/BUILDING:1.97 src/BUILDING:1.98
--- src/BUILDING:1.97 Sun Jan 22 03:53:32 2012
+++ src/BUILDING Tue Feb 14 21:33:02 2012
@@ -627,40 +627,42 @@ BUILDING
ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
- install-image Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
+ install-image
+ Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
- directory. The bootable installation disk image is
- suitable to USB flash memory sticks etc. for machines which
- may support boot from such USB devices. File system in the
- bootable disk image will have a layout as described in
- release(7).
+ directory. The installation disk image is suitable for
+ copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
+ machines which are able to boot from such devices. The
+ file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
+ as described in release(7).
The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
- can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.
- Bootable installation images also contain tools that may be
- useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
+ can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The
+ image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
+ damaged NetBSD installation.
Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
- be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and
- RELEASEDIR binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes''
- to refer permission information from specfiles.
+ be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build
+ must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
+ install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
live-image Create NetBSD live images in the
- RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
- directory. The live image contains all necessary files
- to boot NetBSD upto multi user mode, including all files
- which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
- disklabel, and bootloaders etc.
-
- The live image is suitable for misc emulators like QEMU,
- and also usuful to try NetBSD on real machines with USB
- flash memory sticks without installation.
+ RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage direc-
+ tory. The live image contains all necessary files to boot
+ NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files which
+ should be extracted during installation, NetBSD disklabel,
+ bootloaders, etc.
+
+ The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in vir-
+ tual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful to
+ boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
+ machine, without the need for installation.
Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
- populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and RELEASEDIR
- binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes'' to refer
- permission information from specfiles.
+ populated by ``make release'' or equivalent The build must
+ have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
+ install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
regression-tests
Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
@@ -773,7 +775,8 @@ BUILDING
iso-image-source
Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
- install-image Perform ``make install-image''.
+ install-image
+ Perform ``make install-image''.
live-image Perform ``make live-image''.
