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| author | Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> | 2016-04-16 18:30:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> | 2016-04-16 18:30:24 +0100 |
| commit | 4bf2d516fb6a7a94428e289eb0617997b4e7f02b (patch) | |
| tree | 16a4c7210f33d90ca7b27e5a18098c4845111d77 /doc | |
| parent | e023aa77bbaa7d77ea119194a522b3fc42e20389 (diff) | |
| download | vmdebootstrap-4bf2d516fb6a7a94428e289eb0617997b4e7f02b.tar.gz | |
Advise use of log-mode for readable logs
Also include notes on UEFI testing with -monitor none
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/overview.rst b/doc/overview.rst index 670c898..60319f5 100644 --- a/doc/overview.rst +++ b/doc/overview.rst @@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ option to set mode 0644 for the specified user or use chmod manually:: sudo chmod a+w ./test.img +If ``--log`` is also used, consider using ``--log-mode`` as well so +that the logfile is readable by the owner. By default, the log file +permissions are 0o600. The logfile itself will be owned by ``root``. + Execute using qemu, e.g. on amd64 using qemu-system-x86_64:: qemu-system-x86_64 -drive format=raw,file=./test.img @@ -409,6 +413,10 @@ the location of this file with the -L option:: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -L /usr/share/ovmf/ -machine accel=kvm \ -m 4096 -smp 2 -drive format=raw,file=test.img +To use the ``-nographic`` option, ensure that the ``--serial-console`` +option is supplied to ``vmdebootstrap`` and use ``-monitor none`` when +booting the image with QEMU. + For further examples, including u-boot support for beaglebone-black, see ``/usr/share/vmdebootstrap/examples`` |