- Date
2012-03-02
- Copyright
GPLv2
- Version
0.1
- Manual section
1
- Manual group
System
mic chroot [OPTION] <imgfile>
mic convert [OPTION] <imgfile> <format>
The tools mic is used to create and manipulate images for Linux distributions. It is composed of three subcommand: create, convert, chroot.
This command is used to create various images, including live CD, live USB, loop, raw.
Usage:
mic create(cr) SUBCOMMAND <ksfile> [OPTION]
Subcommands:
help(?) give detailed help on a specific sub-command
fs create fs image, which is also chroot directory
livecd create live CD image, used for CD booting
liveusb create live USB image, used for USB booting
loop create loop image, including multi-partitions
raw create raw image, containing multi-partitions
Options:
-h, --help show the help message --logfile=LOGFILE specify the path of logfile, save the output to logfile LOGFILE -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG specify configure file for mic, default is /etc/mic/mic.conf -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR cache directory used to store the downloaded files and packages -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR directory used to locate the output image and files -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH specify repo architecture, genarally mic would detect the architecture, if existed more than one architecture, mic would give hint to you --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH specify the path for local rpm packages, which would be stored your own rpm packages --pkgmgr=PKGMGR specify backend package mananger, currently yum and zypp available --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS record the info of installed packages, multiple values can be specified which joined by ",", valid values: "name", "content", "license" --copy-kernel Copy kernel files from image /boot directory to the image output directory. --compress-disk-image=COMPRESS_DISK_IMAGE Sets the disk image compression. NOTE: The available values might depend on the used filesystem type. --release=RID Generate a release of RID with all necessary files, when @BUILD_ID@ is contained in kickstart file, it will be replaced by RID. sample values: "latest", "tizen_20120101.1"
Examples:
mic create loop tizen.ks
mic create livecd tizen.ks --release=latest
mic cr fs tizen.ks --local-pkgs-path=localrpm
This command is used to chroot inside the image, it's a great enhancement of chroot command in linux system.
Usage:
mic chroot(ch) <imgfile>
Options:
-h, --help show the help message -s SAVETO, --saveto=SAVETO save the unpacked image to specified directory SAVETO
Examples:
mic chroot loop.img
mic chroot tizen.iso
mic ch -s tizenfs tizen.usbimg
This command is used for converting an image to another format.
Usage:
mic convert(cv) <imagefile> <destformat>
Options:
-h, --help show the help message -S, --shell launch interactive shell before packing the new image in the converting
Examples:
mic convert tizen.iso liveusb
mic convert tizen.usbimg livecd
mic cv --shell tizen.iso liveusb
In some new Linux distributions, the "syslinux" package in their official software repositories is the version 4.04. It will cause segment fault for a fatal bug, and mic will failed with syslinux installation errors.
The solution is to install the patched "syslinux" package in MeeGo or Tizen's tools repos, until the official released one being fixed.
When creating btrfs image in openSUSE, it would hang up with showing image kernel panic. This issue impact all openSUSE distributions: 12.1, 11.4, 11.3, etc
The source code is tracked in github.com:
Please report issues for bugs or feature requests.