MKBIMAGE(1)			 User Commands			   MKBIMAGE(1)



NAME
       mkbimage  -  manual  page  for $Id: mkbimage,v 1.10 2002/01/01 15:24:27
       tlaronde Exp $

SYNOPSIS
       mkbimage [-hVF] [-t TYPE] [-d DIRECTORY] [-s FS_TYPE] -f TAR_FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Make a Bootable IMAGE using GRUB as a bootloader

OPTIONS
	      Actions: -d DIRECTORY [default CWD]

	      Directory where the boot.image and the partition	subdirectories
	      are/will be created

       -f TAR_FILE

	      Name  of	the tar file containing the filesystem to install. Can
	      be  a  pure  tar	file  [.tar]  or   a   compressed   tar   file
	      [.tar.gz|.tar.bz2]

       -s FS_TYPE

	      Type  of	the file system to create on the virtual disk. Choices
	      are: ext2, minix or msdos [default is ext2]

       -t TYPE

	      Type of the image to create. Choices are 1.20, 1.44, 1.60,
	      1.68, 1.74, 2.88 or hd [default is hd]

       -F

	      Force  to  set the set_dpt flag (unnecessary 99% of the time! Be
	      careful!

	      Informations: -D	   turn Debugging on [xtrace]  -h      display
	      this Help and exit -V	display Version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Thierry Laronde.  Port to the GNU system by Robert Millan.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2001 Thierry Laronde .
       Copyright    2001,2002 Robert Millan  for the GNU
       port.  GPLed.

       Copyright  2001 Thierry Laronde .
       Copyright  2001,2002 Robert Millan  for  the  GNU
       port.

       This  is free software under the GPL version 2 or later; see the source
       for copying conditions.	There  is  NO  warranty,  not  even  for  MER
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



$Id: mkbimage,v 1.10 2002/01/01 1Februaryt2003nde Exp $ 	   MKBIMAGE(1)