NAME

packimage - Packs the stateless image from the chroot file system.


SYNOPSIS

packimage [-h| --help]

packimage [-v| --version]

packimage [-o OS] [ -p profile] [-a architecture] [-m method]

packimage imagename


DESCRIPTION

Packs the stateless image from the chroot file system into a file system to be 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.

If no imagename is specified, this command uses the os image definition files from /install/custom/netboot/[os] directory first. If not found, it falls back to the default directory /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/[os]. If a imagename is specified, this command will get all the necessary os image definition files from the osimage and linuximage tables.


Parameters

imagename specifies the name of a os image definition to be used. The specification for the image is stored in the osimage table and linuximage table.


OPTIONS

-h Display usage message.

-v Command Version.

-o Operating system (fedora8, rhel5, sles10,etc)

-p Profile (compute,service)

-a Architecture (ppc64,x86_64,etc)

-m Method (default cpio)


RETURN VALUE

0 The command completed successfully.

1 An error has occurred.


EXAMPLES

1. To pack a fedora8 image for a compute node architecture x86_64 and place it in the /install/netboot/fedora8/x86_64/compute/rootimg.gz file enter:

packimage -o fedora8 -p compute -a x86_64

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.


FILES

/opt/xcat/sbin/packimage


NOTES

This command is part of the xCAT software product.


SEE ALSO

genimage(1)