diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst index cac9f2f491..297887805c 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/kickstart.rst @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ must also provide one of the ``--ondrive``, ``--ondisk``, or .. note:: The mount program must understand the PARTUUID syntax you use with - ``--use-uuid`` and non-root *mountpoint*, including swap. The BusyBox - versions of these application are currently excluded. + ``--use-uuid`` and non-root *mountpoint*, including swap. The default + configuration of BusyBox in OpenEmbedded supports this, but this may + be disabled in custom configurations. Here is an example that uses "/" as the mountpoint. The command uses ``--ondisk`` to force the partition onto the ``sdb`` disk:: @@ -81,12 +82,12 @@ the ``part`` and ``partition`` commands: source of the data that populates the partition. The most common value for this option is "rootfs", but you can use any value that maps to a valid source plugin. For information on the source plugins, - see the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using the wic plugin interface`" + see the ":ref:`dev-manual/wic:using the wic plugin interface`" section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. If you use ``--source rootfs``, Wic creates a partition as large as needed and fills it with the contents of the root filesystem pointed - to by the ``-r`` command-line option or the equivalent rootfs derived + to by the ``-r`` command-line option or the equivalent root filesystem derived from the ``-e`` command-line option. The filesystem type used to create the partition is driven by the value of the ``--fstype`` option specified for the partition. See the entry on ``--fstype`` @@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ the ``part`` and ``partition`` commands: If you use ``--source plugin-name``, Wic creates a partition as large as needed and fills it with the contents of the partition that is generated by the specified plugin name using the data pointed to by - the ``-r`` command-line option or the equivalent rootfs derived from + the ``-r`` command-line option or the equivalent root filesystem derived from the ``-e`` command-line option. Exactly what those contents are and filesystem type used are dependent on the given plugin implementation. @@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ the ``part`` and ``partition`` commands: - ``swap`` + - ``vfat`` + - ``--fsoptions``: Specifies a free-form string of options to be used when mounting the filesystem. This string is copied into the ``/etc/fstab`` file of the installed system and should be enclosed in @@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ the ``part`` and ``partition`` commands: - ``--part-type``: This option is a Wic-specific option that specifies the partition type globally unique identifier (GUID) for GPT partitions. You can find the list of partition type GUIDs at - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_type_GUIDs. + :wikipedia:`GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_type_GUIDs`. - ``--use-uuid``: This option is a Wic-specific option that causes Wic to generate a random GUID for the partition. The generated @@ -208,15 +211,10 @@ supports the following options: .. note:: Bootloader functionality and boot partitions are implemented by the - various - --source - plugins that implement bootloader functionality. The bootloader + various source plugins that implement bootloader functionality. The bootloader command essentially provides a means of modifying bootloader configuration. -- ``--timeout``: Specifies the number of seconds before the - bootloader times out and boots the default option. - - ``--append``: Specifies kernel parameters. These parameters will be added to the syslinux :term:`APPEND` or ``grub`` kernel command line. @@ -224,3 +222,13 @@ supports the following options: the bootloader. You can provide a full pathname for the file or a file located in the ``canned-wks`` folder. This option overrides all other bootloader options. + +- ``--ptable``: Specifies the partition table format. Valid values are: + + - ``msdos`` + + - ``gpt`` + +- ``--timeout``: Specifies the number of seconds before the + bootloader times out and boots the default option. + |