From 25f5971b5e0b3ab5b91a7d0359cd7f5a5094c1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:14:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] man: rework nspawn man page to suggest yum --installroot instead of mock --- man/systemd-nspawn.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml index 5bf43e853..cf6756952 100644 --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml @@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ container. Use a tool like - debootstrap8 or mock1 + yum8 + or + debootstrap8 to set up an OS directory tree suitable as file system - hierarchy for systemd-nspawn containers. + hierarchy for systemd-nspawn + containers. Note that systemd-nspawn will mount file systems private to the container to @@ -202,27 +205,25 @@ Example 1 - # debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable debian-tree/ -# systemd-nspawn -D debian-tree/ - - This installs a minimal Debian unstable - distribution into the directory - debian-tree/ and then spawns a - shell in a namespace container in it. + # yum --releasever=17 --nogpgcheck --installroot ~/fedora-tree/ install yum passwd vim-minimal rootfiles systemd +# systemd-nspawn -D ~/fedora-tree /usr/lib/systemd/systemd + This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into + the directory ~/fedora-tree/ + and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it, + with systemd as init system. Example 2 - # mock --init -# systemd-nspawn -D /var/lib/mock/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/root/ /sbin/init systemd.log_level=debug + # debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable ~/debian-tree/ +# systemd-nspawn -D ~/debian-tree/ - This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into - a subdirectory of /var/lib/mock/ - and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it, - with systemd as init system, configured for debug - logging. + This installs a minimal Debian unstable + distribution into the directory + ~/debian-tree/ and then spawns a + shell in a namespace container in it. @@ -238,8 +239,8 @@ systemd1, chroot1, - debootstrap8, - mock1 + yum8, + debootstrap8 -- 2.30.2