User`s guide

Options for the create_cf Command
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
The following table provides more information about the create_cf
command options, which you can view from the Linux command line by
entering the name of the command.
Table A-4: Options for the create_cf command
Option Description
none Not recommended. Checks if a boot image is already on the
device. If no image is on the device (as would be true for a
newly installed removable flash on a PCMCIA card) and if no
image is specified, runs --doformat and installs the image in
image1. If multiple images are on the device, and no image is
specified, presents a choice of images for the user to choose
from, and then writes the image from RAM into the specified
image area. In either case, restores the factory default
configuration
-d device Creates the image on the specified device. The default device
is /dev/hda (the removable flash memory). Make sure the
filesystem is not mounted.
Use the -d device option if you want to create the image in
another location, such as an installed compact flash PCMCIA
card. (The device names for PCMCIA cards are determined by
the number of the card slot where the card is installed, either
/dev/hdc (PCMCIA slot 1) or /dev/hde (PCMCIA slot
2).
--factory_default Creates the image with factory default configuration values.
By default, if this option is not entered, the configuration from
the current partition is used, if valid.
--doformat Rebuilds the partitions, erasing their contents.
Creates the image as image1.
--dontformat Does not format the compact flash. The sizes of partitions
hda1-3 and 5-8 are checked. If the partition sizes are not
smaller than 2, 2, 5, 51, 51, 6, and 6 Mbytes respectively, the
image is installed in the specified image area.