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| author | Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> | 2020-09-14 19:05:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> | 2020-09-14 20:15:20 -0400 |
| commit | 17f47a44c5514dd43136d6cbaccbebc1643f84c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 724f6707175c1ad478138da0557bde79bc6b4509 /man | |
| parent | 67703ec7a51d5de15b9d6b5002d695d72d6cd565 (diff) | |
| download | virt-manager-17f47a44c5514dd43136d6cbaccbebc1643f84c5.tar.gz | |
cli: --os-variant: add explicit suboptions
This adds the following --os-variant suboptions
* name=, short-id=
* id=
* detect=on|off
Functionally this does not change behavior, just adds explicit
sub options for behavior we already support
Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/virt-install.rst | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/virt-xml.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/virt-install.rst b/man/virt-install.rst index f2741f65..9cc43360 100644 --- a/man/virt-install.rst +++ b/man/virt-install.rst @@ -969,20 +969,33 @@ GUEST OS OPTIONS ``--os-variant``, ``--osinfo`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -**Syntax:** ``--os-variant`` OS_VARIANT +**Syntax:** ``--os-variant`` [OS_VARIANT|OPT1=VAL1,...] Optimize the guest configuration for a specific operating system (ex. 'fedora29', 'rhel7', 'win10'). While not required, specifying this options is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, as it can greatly increase performance by specifying virtio among other guest tweaks. -By default, virt-install will attempt to auto detect this value from -the install media (currently only supported for URL installs). Autodetection -can be disabled with the special value 'none'. Autodetection can be -forced with the special value 'auto'. +The simplest usage is ``--os-variant OS-NAME``, for example +``--os-variant fedora32``. ``--os-variant`` supports explicit suboption +syntax as well: + +``name=``, ``short-id=`` + The OS name/short-id from libosinfo. Examples: ``fedora32``, ``win10`` + +``id=`` + The full URL style libosinfo ID. For example, ``name=win10`` is + the same as ``id=http://microsoft.com/win/10`` + +``detect=on|off`` + Whether virt-install should attempt OS detection from the specified + install media. Detection is presently only attempted for URL and + CDROM installs, and is not 100% reliable. + +By default, virt-install will use ``--os-variant detect=on``. Use the command "osinfo-query os" to get the list of the accepted OS -variants. +variant names. diff --git a/man/virt-xml.rst b/man/virt-xml.rst index bb521cd4..7ff7ceca 100644 --- a/man/virt-xml.rst +++ b/man/virt-xml.rst @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ GUEST OS OPTIONS Use the command "osinfo-query os" to get the list of the accepted OS variants. + See virt-install(1) documentation for more details about ``--os-variant`` + XML OPTIONS =========== |