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=head1 NAME
B<mknb> - creates a network boot root image for node discovery and flashing
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<mknb> I<arch>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The B<mknb> command is run by xCAT automatically when xCAT is installed on the management node.
It creates a network boot root image (used for node discovery, BMC programming, and flashing)
for the same architecture that the management node is. So you normally do not need to run the
B<mknb> command yourself.
If you make custom changes to the network boot root image, you will need to run B<mknb> again to regenerate the diskless image to include your changes. If you have an xCAT Hierarchical Cluster with Service Nodes having local /tftpboot directories (site.sharedtftp=0), you will need to copy the generated root image to each Service Node.
Presently, the architectures x86_64 and ppc64 are supported. For ppc64le, use the ppc64 architecture.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 12
=item I<arch>
The hardware architecture for which to build the boot image.
=back
=head1 RETURN VALUE
=over 2
=item 0.
The command completed successfully.
=item 1.
An error has occurred.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<makedhcp(8)|makedhcp.8>