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change in man pages for packimage and genimage to tell users about the /install/custom/ which they can store customized information

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xCAT-client/pods/man1/genimage.1.pod
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@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ B<genimage> [B<-h> | B<--help> | B<-v> | B<--version>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Generates a stateless image that can be used to boot xCAT nodes in a diskless mode. The packages included
Generates a stateless image that can be used to boot xCAT nodes in a diskless mode. The default packages included
(and excluded) in the image are specified by /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS>/<profile>.pkglist and
/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS>/<profile>.exlist. The generated image will be put in
/install/netboot/<OS>/<arch>/<profile>.
/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS>/<profile>.exlist. Customized package lists can be specified under /install/custom/netboot/<OS> directory. The generated image will be put in /install/netboot/<OS>/<arch>/<profile>.
The B<genimage> command must be run on a system that is the same architecture as the nodes it will be
used on. If the management node is not the same architecture, copy the contents of
/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS> to a system that is the proper architecture, and mount /install from
the management node to that system.
the management node to that system.
The B<genimage> command will run geninitrd automatically. (You can run geninitrd yourself at a later time, if
you want to rebuild the initrd.) After your image is created, you can chroot to the

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xCAT-client/pods/man1/packimage.1.pod
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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sent to the node for a diskless install.
The install dir is setup by using "installdir" attribute set in the site table.
The nodetype table "profile" attribute for the node should reflect the profile of the install image.
This uses the package information from the /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/[os] directory files for the profile input.
This uses the package information from the /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/[os] directory files for the profile input. However, you can customize the information and store it under /install/custom/netboot/[os] directory. The customized information will be used if any.
=head1 OPTIONS
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ B<-m> Method (default cpio)
I<packimage -o fedora8 -p compute -a x86_64>
This would use the package information from the /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute* files.
This would use the package information from the /install/custom/netboot/fedora/compute* files first. If not found it uses /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/fedora/compute* files.
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