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.TH varch 1 "January 2011" "varch 0.9.0" "varch Manual" | ||
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.SH NAME | ||
varch \- ArchLinux virtual machine builder | ||
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.SH SYNOPSIS | ||
Usage: | ||
.B varch | ||
[ options ] | ||
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.SH DESCRIPTION | ||
varch creates lightweight virtual machines | ||
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.SH OPTIONS | ||
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.TP | ||
-c CONF, --config=CONF, --conf=CONF | ||
The location to the Archlinux Instalation Framework file; default=/etc/varch/base.aif | ||
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-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT | ||
The disk image format to use, raw, qcow2 or vdi; default=raw | ||
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.TP | ||
-s SIZE, --size=SIZE | ||
The size of the disk image, default=20G | ||
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.TP | ||
-i IMAGE, --image=IMAGE | ||
The location of the image after it has been created; default=arch | ||
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-g, --generic | ||
Generate a generic virtual machine image without support for virtio block drivers. Use this option when creating a virtual machine image for any hypervisor other than kvm. | ||
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.TP | ||
-p PACMAN_CONF, --pacman-conf=PACMAN_CONF | ||
Normally varch will use a generic set of pacman repos, set this an alternative pacman configuration file to enable the inclusion of additional repos in the build process. | ||
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-o OVERLAY, --overlay=OVERLAY | ||
An optional directory containig files to be coppied into the virtual machine. | ||
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-k, --pull-boot | ||
Instruct varch to copy out the kernel and initrd before finalizing the vm. | ||
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-K, --kvm-conf | ||
This flag instructs varch to generate a kvm shell script to start the generated virtual machine. | ||
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-L, --libvirt-conf | ||
This flag instructs varch to generate a libvirt xml configuration file. | ||
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.SH AUTHORS | ||
Thomas Hatch <thatch at gmail.com> | ||
.P | ||
Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc at gmail.com> |