MK-S390IMAGE(1)

📦 version 2.44.0, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 mk-s390image — it's giving bootable image energy ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the User Commands part of the manual (section 1, periodt) and this little icon is called mk-s390image 🎀 it makes bootable images. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

mk-s390image — tool for creating bootable image 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mk-s390image KERNEL BOOT_IMAGE [-r RAMDISK] [-p PARMFILE]

so you give it a kernel and a boot image name, and optionally a ramdisk and a parmfile. that's it. that's the whole thing, no cap 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Build an s390 image BOOT_IMAGE suitable for CD/tape/network boot or as a KVM firmware image using a stripped Linux kernel file KERNEL. 🔥

literally that's it — you're feeding it a stripped-down kernel file (KERNEL), and it hands you back a bootable image (BOOT_IMAGE) that can serve as your CD boot, your tape boot, your network boot, or a KVM firmware image. main character energy honestly ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -p — Use PARMFILE with kernel parameters in the image 🍓
  • -r — Include RAMDISK in the image 🌈
  • -h — Print usage message, then exit. so helpful, so iconic 👑
ngl -h is the "hey bestie what are my options again" flag and honestly? we love a flag that just tells you things and leaves 🧚

💜 cute sign-off 💜

this little love letter lives in the s390-tools collection, and this particular page is dated November 2020 — so go forth, make your bootable image, and slay 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶🔥👑🌈⭐💀🙈🍓🧚💜

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