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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-07-22 16:31:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-07-25 10:47:37 -0400 |
| commit | 5164c3b473fd7c3b72d3e98a4664fa44a18469bb (patch) | |
| tree | ca8fa059626f0d91753598b5bfba13a800a8e3b5 /man | |
| parent | f777b4345e8c57e739bda746f78757d0fb136ac7 (diff) | |
man: make chroot less prominent in discussion of nspawn
Not as many people use chroot as before, so make the flow a bit nicer by
talking less about chroot.
"change to the either" is awkward and unclear. Just remove that part,
because all changes are lost, period.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-nspawn.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml index cb0468fbf5..9b623c8353 100644 --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml @@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ since it fully virtualizes the file system hierarchy, as well as the process tree, the various IPC subsystems and the host and domain name.</para> - <para>Like <citerefentry - project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>chroot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> the - <command>systemd-nspawn</command> command may be invoked on any directory tree containing an operating system tree, + <para><command>systemd-nspawn</command> may be invoked on any directory tree containing an operating system tree, using the <option>--directory=</option> command line option. By using the <option>--machine=</option> option an OS - tree is automatically searched in a couple of locations, most importantly in + tree is automatically searched for in a couple of locations, most importantly in <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>, the suggested directory to place container images installed on the system.</para> @@ -935,8 +933,8 @@ <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance, and <filename>/usr</filename> from the OS tree is mounted into it in read-only mode (the system thus starts up with read-only OS - resources, but pristine state and configuration, any changes - to the either are lost on shutdown). When the mode parameter + image, but pristine state and configuration, any changes + are lost on shutdown). When the mode parameter is specified as <option>state</option>, the OS tree is mounted read-only, but <filename>/var</filename> is mounted as a <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance into it (the system thus |