NAME

       fai-make-nfsroot - create the FAI nfsroot directory

SYNOPSIS

       fai-make-nfsroot [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Create  the  FAI  nfsroot  directory  as  pointed  by  $NFSROOT  in the config_file.  This
       directory is necessary for the installation of Debian on  remote  clients  using  the  FAI
       package. The config_file location is discussed in the OPTIONS below.

       The  exit  code  returned  is  0  if  all  commands  to  build  the  root directory exited
       successfully and >0 if an error occurs.

OPTIONS

       -a     Adjust a generic nfsroot. Add resolv.conf, add host entries, set the root password.

       -B BASETGZ
              Use specified BASETGZ file as base.tgz (or base.tar.gz, base.tar.xz, base.txz)  for
              the  nfsroot.  This  avoids calling debootstrap and therefore reduces the buildtime
              for the nfsroot.

       -C CFDIR
              Use CFDIR as configuration directory. Default is /etc/fai. You  can  also  set  the
              environment variable FAI_ETC_DIR.

       -f     Force  overwriting  an  existing nfsroot. By default fai-make-nfsroot aborts if the
              configuration variable NFSROOT points to a directory which already exists. To force
              overwriting  (and  therefore rebuilding) the existing nfsroot use this option. This
              option is supported starting with FAI 4.0.  Note: To update and therefore  preserve
              an existing nfsroot see option -k.

       -g     Create  a  generic  nfsroot. Remove most install server specific data from nfsroot.
              See also -a.

       -K     Remove all kernels from NFSROOT.  This  is  the  same  as  calling  aptitude  purge
              ~nlinux-image inside the nfsroot.

       -k     Install  additional  packages  defined  in  /etc/fai/NFSROOT into the nfsroot. Also
              copies all kernels from the nfsroot to the directory $TFTPROOT.

       -p     Preserve ssh configs including the keys of the root account. This will not preserve
              the ssh host keys inside the nfsroot.

       -v     Create verbose output on stdout.

       -h     Show simple help.

       -z     Use gzip for compressing the base.tar file. Default is to use xz.

NOTES

       If  you  do  not  use  NFS, you may still use the NFSROOT directory as a staging point for
       building the base installation tarball.

SEE ALSO

       exports(5), nfsd(8), fai-setup(8)

       This program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation).  See the FAI manual  for  more
       information on how to use fai-make-nfsroot. The FAI homepage is http://fai-project.org.

FILES

       /etc/fai/fai.conf
              The FAI configuration file.
       /etc/fai/nfsroot.conf
              The configuration file for fai-make-nfsroot.
       /etc/fai/nfsroot-hooks/
              Directory containing shell scripts to be sourced at the end of fai-make-nfsroot for
              additional configuration of the nfsroot. Can be changed with NFSROOT_HOOKS.
       /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
              Copy this file to the NFSROOT.
       /etc/fai/apt/keys/*.asc
              Repository keys in .asc format found here will be installed into the NFSROOT.
       /var/log/fai/variables
              The script will write the values of FAI_VERSION and NFSROOT to this file.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>