Changeset 978 in MondoRescue

Timestamp:

Nov 26, 2006, 12:33:07 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

mindi man page updated to included information on a configuration file

Location:

branches/stable/mondo-doc

Files:

• mindi.8 (modified) (1 diff)
• mondorescue-howto.sgml (modified) (1 diff)

branches/stable/mondo-doc/mindi.8

@@ -138 +138 @@
 List of files to be included on boot/root disks.
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/N.tar.gz
+.I /var/cache/mindi/N.tar.gz
 Number N of multiple tar balls together containing root file system for rescue
 media.
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/all.tar.gz
+.I /var/cache/mindi/all.tar.gz
 Single tar ball of root file system for rescue media.
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/initrd.img
+.I /var/cache/mindi/initrd.img
 initrd image for bootable ISO image.
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/mindi-boot.F.img
+.I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-boot.F.img
 .B mindi
 boot floppy of size F [KB].
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/mindi-root.F.img
+.I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-root.F.img
 .B mindi
 root floppy of size F [KB].
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/mindi-data.N.img
+.I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-data.N.img
 .B mindi
 data floppy number N for boot/root floppies.
 .TP
-.I /root/images/mindi/mindi.iso
+.I /var/cache/mindi/mindi.iso
 .B mindi
 bootable ISO image.
+.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
+You may create a mindi configuration file under 
+.B /etc/mindi 
+called 
+.B mindi.conf 
+which overwrites default values by setting up the following variables:
+.TP 
+.I TMPDIR
+.B (default /tmp): directory to create temporary files
+.br
+.TP
+.I EXTRA_SPACE
+.B (default 24576): increase if you run out of ramdisk space
+.br
+.TP
+.I IA64_BOOT_SIZE
+.B (default 8192): size of the ia64 boot disk
+.br
+.TP
+.I CACHE_LOC
+.B (default /var/cache/mindi): directory where boot/root files 
+and iso are generated
+.br
+WARNING: This directory is erased before usage
+.br
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 mondoarchive(8), mondorestore(8).
 .TP
 See mailing list at http://www.mondorescue.org for technical support.
-.SH BUGS
-The target location for the image files created by
-.B mindi
-is hard-coded to
-.IR "/root/images/mindi".
-As a workaround, it is suggested to make
-.I /root/images
-a symbolic link to the desired location for the image files.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Bruno Cornec (lead-development) 

branches/stable/mondo-doc/mondorescue-howto.sgml

@@ -1178 +1178 @@
 1440+0 enregistrements écrits.
 mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
-cp: écriture de `vmlinuz': Aucun espace disponible sur le périphérique
 Failed to copy /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-15mdk-i686-up-4GB to ramdisk