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diff --git a/docs/README.build b/docs/README.build index 1f2d703..1c047ea 100644 --- a/docs/README.build +++ b/docs/README.build @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ INDEX ----- * Build requirements -* Image types generated by mkarchiso. -* File format for aitab. -* Why the /isolinux and /arch/boot/syslinux directories? * Building the most basic Arch Linux live media. (configs/baseline) * Building official Arch Linux live media. (configs/releng) @@ -39,52 +36,10 @@ INDEX + (none) -*** Image types generated by mkarchiso. - -* image-name.sfs SquashFS image with all files directly on it. - [read-only, no dm-snapshot is used] -* image-name.fs.sfs SquashFS with only one file inside (image-name.fs), - which is an image of some type of filesystem - (ext4, ext3, ext2, xfs, btrfs), all files reside on it. - [read-write, via COW image with dm-snapshot] - - -*** File format for aitab. - -The aitab file holds information about the filesystems images that must be -created by mkarchiso and mounted at initramfs stage from the archiso hook. -It consists of some fields which define the behaviour of images. - -# <img> <mnt> <arch> <sfs_comp> <fs_type> <fs_size> - -<img> Image name without extension (.fs .fs.sfs .sfs). -<mnt> Mount point. -<arch> Architecture { i686 | x86_64 | any }. -<sfs_comp> SquashFS compression type { gzip | lzo | xz }. -<fs_type> Set the filesystem type of the image - { ext4 | ext3 | ext2 | xfs | btrfs }. - A special value of "none" denotes no usage of a filesystem. - In that case all files are pushed directly to SquashFS filesystem. -<fs_size> An absolute value of file system image size in MiB. - (example: 100, 1000, 4096, etc) - A relative value of file system free space [in percent]. - {1%..99%} (example 50%, 10%, 7%). - This is an estimation, and calculated in a simple way. - Space used + 10% (estimated for metadata overhead) + desired % - - -*** Why the /isolinux and /arch/boot/syslinux directories? - -The /isolinux directory holds files needed for the ISOLINUX boot loader -module of SYSLINUX. ISOLINUX can not find config files on -/arch/boot/syslinux, like other boot loaders modules (SYSLINUX, PXELINUX). - - - *** Building the most basic Arch Linux live media. (configs/baseline) * Install needed packages. - # pacman -S git make arch-install-scripts squashfs-tools libisoburn rsync --needed + # pacman -S git make arch-install-scripts squashfs-tools libisoburn --needed * Install archiso. # git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git |