Commit 64b90b3d by Ferenc Wagner Committed by Daniel Lezcano

document rootfs options

parent 89875e17
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<refsect2>
<title>Root file system</title>
<para>
The root file system is the location where the container will
chroot.
The root file system of the container can be different than that
of the host system.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
specify a file location containing the new file tree for
a root file system.
specify a directory to become the root of the container.
If not specified, the container shares its root file
system with the host.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>lxc.rootfs.mount</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
where to recursively bind <option>lxc.rootfs</option>
before pivoting. This is to ensure success of the
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle><command>pivot_root</command></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
syscall. Any directory suffices, the default should
generally work.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>lxc.pivotdir</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
where to pivot the original root file system under
<option>lxc.rootfs</option>, specified relatively to
that. The default is <filename>oldrootfs</filename>.
It is created if necessary, and also removed after
unmounting everything from it during container setup.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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