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=====
mic
=====
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mic Means Image Creator for Linux distributions
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:Date: 2012-03-02
:Copyright: GPLv2
:Version: 0.1
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: System
SYNOPSIS
========
| mic create SUBCOMMAND <ksfile> [OPTION]
| mic chroot [OPTION] <imgfile>
| mic convert [OPTION] <imgfile> <format>
DESCRIPTION
===========
The tools `mic` is used to create and manipulate images for Linux distributions.
It is composed of three subcommand: `create`, `convert`, `chroot`.
USAGE
=====
create
------
This command is used to create various images, including live CD, live USB,
loop, raw.
Usage:
| mic create(cr) SUBCOMMAND <ksfile> [OPTION]
Subcommands:
| help(?) give detailed help on a specific sub-command
| fs create fs image, which is also chroot directory
| livecd create live CD image, used for CD booting
| liveusb create live USB image, used for USB booting
| loop create loop image, including multi-partitions
| raw create raw image, containing multi-partitions
Options:
-h, --help show the help message
--logfile=LOGFILE specify the path of logfile, save the output to logfile LOGFILE
-c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG specify configure file for mic, default is /etc/mic/mic.conf
-k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR cache directory used to store the downloaded files and packages
-o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR directory used to locate the output image and files
-A ARCH, --arch=ARCH specify repo architecture, genarally mic would detect the architecture, if existed more than one architecture, mic would give hint to you
--local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH specify the path for local rpm packages, which would be stored your own rpm packages
--pkgmgr=PKGMGR specify backend package mananger, currently yum and zypp available
--record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS record the info of installed packages, multiple values can be specified which joined by ",", valid values: "name", "content", "license"
--pack-to=PACK_TO pack the images together into the specified achive, extension supported: .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, etc. by default, .tar will be used
--release=RID generate a release of RID with all necessary files, when @BUILD_ID@ is contained in kickstart file, it will be replaced by RID. sample values: "latest", "tizen_20120101.1"
--copy-kernel copy kernel files from image /boot directory to the image output directory
Options for fs image:
--include-src generate a image with source rpms included; to enable it, user should specify the source repo in the ks file
Options for loop image:
--shrink whether to shrink loop images to minimal size
--compress-image=COMPRESS_IMAGE compress all loop images with 'gz' or 'bz2'
--compress-disk-image=COMPRESS_DISK_IMAGE same with --compress-image
Options for raw image:
--compress-image=COMPRESS_IMAGE compress all raw images with 'gz' or 'bz2'
--compress-disk-image=COMPRESS_DISK_IMAGE same with --compress-image
Examples:
| mic create loop tizen.ks
| mic create livecd tizen.ks --release=latest
| mic cr fs tizen.ks --local-pkgs-path=localrpm
chroot
------
This command is used to chroot inside the image, it's a great enhancement of chroot command in linux system.
Usage:
| mic chroot(ch) <imgfile>
Options:
-h, --help show the help message
-s SAVETO, --saveto=SAVETO save the unpacked image to specified directory SAVETO
Examples:
| mic chroot loop.img
| mic chroot tizen.iso
| mic ch -s tizenfs tizen.usbimg
convert
-------
This command is used for converting an image to another format.
Usage:
| mic convert(cv) <imagefile> <destformat>
Options:
-h, --help show the help message
-S, --shell launch interactive shell before packing the new image in the converting
Examples:
| mic convert tizen.iso liveusb
| mic convert tizen.usbimg livecd
| mic cv --shell tizen.iso liveusb
Advanced Usage
==============
The advanced usage is just for bootstrap, please skip it if you don't care about it.
The major purpose to use bootstrap is that some important packages (like rpm) are customized
a lot in the repo which you want to create image, and mic must use the customized rpm to
create images, or the images can't be boot. So mic will create a bootstrap using the repo
in the ks file at first, then create the image via chrooting, which can make mic using the
chroot environment with the customized rpm.
Now mic will use bootstrap to create image by default, and to meet your requirement, you can
also change the setting for bootstrap (/etc/mic/bootstrap.conf):
| [main]
| # which distro will be used for creating bootstrap
| distro_name = tizen
| # which dir will be located when creating bootstrap
| rootdir = /var/tmp/mic-bootstrap
| # whether to enable the bootstrap mode
| enable = true
|
| [tizen] # the supported distro for creating bootstrap
| # which packages will be optional when creating bootstrap for this distro
| optional:
| # which packages will be required when creating bootstrap for this distro
| packages:
KNOWN ISSUES
============
Bug of latest syslinux package
------------------------------
In some new Linux distributions, the "syslinux" package in their official
software repositories is the version 4.04. It will cause segment fault for
a fatal bug, and mic will failed with syslinux installation errors.
The solution is to install the patched "syslinux" package in MeeGo or Tizen's
tools repos, until the official released one being fixed.
Failed to create btrfs image in openSUSE
----------------------------------------
When creating btrfs image in openSUSE, it would hang up with showing image kernel
panic. This issue impact all openSUSE distributions: 12.1, 11.4, 11.3, etc
REPORTING BUGS
==============
The source code is tracked in github.com:
https://github.com/jfding/mic
Please report issues for bugs or feature requests.
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