NAME

       bootcdwrite - build a bootcd image from a running system

SYNOPSIS

       bootcdwrite [-s] [-c <config_directory>] [-only_floppy]

DESCRIPTION

       bootcdwrite is used to write a standard Linux Installation to cd. The Installation must fit on one CD. It
       is  possible to copy a system mounted per NFS to a local CD writer. It is also possible to only create an
       image of the CD for later use.

       It is important that the kernel can access the cdrom on the system, where you want to boot from  the  CD,
       without  having  to load any modules. (Because to load modules from CD, the kernel must have access to CD
       before). If this is not the case you have first to create a new kernel with CD-support built in.

       If something goes wrong with bootcdwrite, the user will be given  the  chance  to  correct  the  problem.
       bootcdwrite  starts  many  commands.  If a command exits with an exit code != 0, or if a command produces
       unknown output on stdout or stderr, the command and the output will be shown to the user.   He  gets  the
       option to exit, retry the failed command, or to ignore the failed command.

OPTIONS

       -s     means silent and canbe used to to disable interactive questions and to try to ignore errors.

       -c config_directory
              change the default path of the directory including the configuration (/etc/bootcd).

       -only_floppy
              only a bootfloppy (to boot an existing bootcd) has to be created.

       Currently no other options can be specified on command line. All configuration
              has to be done in the config files.

FILES

       /etc/bootcd/bootcdwrite.conf
              Configuration for bootcdwrite.

       /var/spool/bootcd/
              Here  the image of the CD which will be created will be stored temporarily by bootcdwrite. WARNING
              - You need a lot  of  disk-space  here.  You  can  change  this  location  with  variable  VAR  in
              bootcdwrite.conf.

SEE ALSO

       Documentation in bootcdwrite.conf
       bootcdwrite.conf(5), bootcd(1), bootcdflopcp(1), bootcd2disk(1)

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  written by Bernd Schumacher <bernd.schumacher@hpe.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).

                                          Wed Feb 23 00:00:00 EET 2000                                 BOOTCD(1)