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| 319 | </para> | 319 | </para> |
| 320 | </section> | 320 | </section> |
| 321 | 321 | ||
| 322 | <section id='ref-classes-boot-directdisk'> | ||
| 323 | <title><filename>boot-directdisk.bbclass</filename></title> | ||
| 324 | |||
| 325 | <para> | ||
| 326 | The <filename>boot-directdisk</filename> class | ||
| 327 | creates an image that can be placed directly onto a hard disk using | ||
| 328 | <filename>dd</filename> and then booted. | ||
| 329 | The image uses SYSLINUX. | ||
| 330 | </para> | ||
| 331 | |||
| 332 | <para> | ||
| 333 | The end result is a 512 boot sector populated with a | ||
| 334 | Master Boot Record (MBR) and partition table followed by an MSDOS | ||
| 335 | FAT16 partition containing SYSLINUX and a Linux kernel completed by | ||
| 336 | the <filename>ext2</filename> and <filename>ext3</filename> | ||
| 337 | root filesystems. | ||
| 338 | </para> | ||
| 339 | </section> | ||
| 340 | |||
| 341 | <section id='ref-classes-bootimg'> | ||
| 342 | <title><filename>bootimg.bbclass</filename></title> | ||
| 343 | |||
| 344 | <para> | ||
| 345 | The <filename>bootimg</filename> class creates a bootable | ||
| 346 | image using SYSLINUX, your kernel, and an optional initial RAM disk | ||
| 347 | (<filename>initrd</filename>). | ||
| 348 | </para> | ||
| 349 | |||
| 350 | <para> | ||
| 351 | When you use this class, two things happen: | ||
| 352 | <itemizedlist> | ||
| 353 | <listitem><para> | ||
| 354 | A <filename>.hddimg</filename> file is created. | ||
| 355 | This file is an MSDOS filesystem that contains SYSLINUX, | ||
| 356 | a kernel, an <filename>initrd</filename>, and a root filesystem | ||
| 357 | image. | ||
| 358 | All three of these can be written to hard drives directly and | ||
| 359 | also booted on a USB flash disks using <filename>dd</filename>. | ||
| 360 | </para></listitem> | ||
| 361 | <listitem><para> | ||
| 362 | A CD <filename>.iso</filename> image is created. | ||
| 363 | When this file is booted, the <filename>initrd</filename> | ||
| 364 | boots and processes the label selected in SYSLINUX. | ||
| 365 | Actions based on the label are then performed (e.g. installing | ||
| 366 | to a hard drive).</para></listitem> | ||
| 367 | </itemizedlist> | ||
| 368 | </para> | ||
| 369 | |||
| 370 | <para> | ||
| 371 | The <filename>bootimg</filename> class supports the | ||
| 372 | <link linkend='var-INITRD'><filename>INITRD</filename></link>, | ||
| 373 | <link linkend='var-NOISO'><filename>NOISO</filename></link>, | ||
| 374 | <link linkend='var-NOHDD'><filename>NOHDD</filename></link>, and | ||
| 375 | <link linkend='var-ROOTFS'><filename>ROOTFS</filename></link> | ||
| 376 | variables. | ||
| 377 | </para> | ||
| 378 | </section> | ||
| 379 | |||
| 380 | <section id='ref-classes-bugzilla'> | 322 | <section id='ref-classes-bugzilla'> |
| 381 | <title><filename>bugzilla.bbclass</filename></title> | 323 | <title><filename>bugzilla.bbclass</filename></title> |
| 382 | 324 | ||
