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=head1 NAME
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B<geninitrd> - Regenerates the initrd for a stateless image to be used for a diskless install.
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<geninitrd> B<-i> I<nodebootif> B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers> B<-o> I<OS> B<-p> I<profile> [B<-l> I<rootlimit>] [B<-k> I<kernel_version>]
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B<geninitrd> [B<-h> | B<--help> | B<-v> | B<--version>]
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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Regenerates the initrd that is part of a stateless image that is used to boot xCAT nodes in a diskless mode.
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The generated initrd will be put in /install/netboot/<OS>/<arch>/<profile>.
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The B<geninitrd> command must be run on a system that is the same architecture as the nodes it will be
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used on. If the management node is not the same architecture, copy the contents of
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/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS> to a system that is the proper architecture, and mount /install from
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the management node to that system.
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=head1 OPTIONS
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=over 12
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=item B<-o> I<OS>
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The operating system for the image: fedora8, rhel5, sles10, etc. The OS packages must be in
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/install/<OS>/<arch> (use L<copycds(8)|copycds.8>).
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=item B<-p> I<profile>
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The profile (e.g. compute, service) to use to create the image. This determines what package lists are
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used from /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS> to create the image with. When deploying nodes with this image,
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the nodes' nodetype.profile attribute must be set to this same value.
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=item B<-i> I<nodebootif>
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The network interface the diskless node will boot over (e.g. eth0).
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=item B<-n> I<nodenetdrivers>
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The driver modules needed for the network interface. Note: the order that the drivers are specified in
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is important.
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=item B<-l> I<rootlimit>
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The maximum size allowed for the root file system in the image. Specify in bytes, or can append k, m, or g.
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=item B<-k> I<kernel_version>
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Use this flag if you want to use a specific version of the kernel in the image. Defaults to the first kernel found
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in the install image.
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=item B<-v>
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Display version.
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=item B<-h>
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Display usage message.
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=back
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=head1 RETURN VALUE
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0 The command completed successfully.
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1 An error has occurred.
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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=over 3
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=item 1.
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To regenerate the initrd for a fedora8 image for a compute node architecture x86_64 and place it in the
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/install/netboot/fedora8/x86_64/compute/rootimg directory: change directory to
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/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/fedora and run:
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geninitrd -i eth0 -n tg3,bnx2 -o fedora8 -p compute
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=back
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=head1 FILES
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/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/<OS>/geninitrd
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<genimage(1)|genimage.1>, L<packimage(1)|packimage.1> |