[SCM] Debian Live manual branch, master, updated. 00d1bc06ef041b5fc8b4e53728fcb00947435546

Chris Lamb chris at chris-lamb.co.uk
Mon May 19 16:50:03 UTC 2008


The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 00d1bc06ef041b5fc8b4e53728fcb00947435546
Author: Chris Lamb <chris at chris-lamb.co.uk>
Date:   Mon May 19 17:48:21 2008 +0100

    Add section on ISO metadata strings
    
    Signed-off-by: Chris Lamb <chris at chris-lamb.co.uk>

diff --git a/chapters/customisation-binary.xml b/chapters/customisation-binary.xml
index 7d70c30..f24a92d 100644
--- a/chapters/customisation-binary.xml
+++ b/chapters/customisation-binary.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,46 @@
 </section>
 
 <section id="iso-metadata">
-<title>ISO metadata</title>
+ <title>ISO metadata</title>
+ <para>
+  When creating an ISO9660 binary image, you can use the following options to add various textual metadata for your image. This can help you easily identify the version or configuration of an image without booting it.
+ </para>
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+  <term><computeroutput>LH_ISO_APPLICATION</computeroutput> / <computeroutput>--iso-application <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+  <listitem>
+   <para>
+    This should describe the application that will be on the image. The maximum length for this field is 128 characters.
+   </para>
+  </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+  <term><computeroutput>LH_ISO_PREPARER</computeroutput> / <computeroutput>--iso-preparer <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+  <listitem>
+   <para>
+    This should describe the preparer of the image, usually with some contect details. The default for this option is the &live-helper; version you are using, which may help with debugging later. The maximum length for this field is 128 characters.
+   </para>
+  </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+  <term><computeroutput>LH_ISO_PUBLISHER</computeroutput> / <computeroutput>--iso-publisher <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+  <listitem>
+   <para>
+    This should describe the publisher of the image, usually with some contact details. The maximum length for this field is 128 characters.
+   </para>
+  </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+  <term><computeroutput>LH_ISO_VOLUME</computeroutput> / <computeroutput>--iso-volume <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+  <listitem>
+   <para>
+    This should specify the volume ID of the image. This is used as a user-visible label on some platforms such as Windows and Apple Mac OS. The maximum length for this field is 32 characters.
+   </para>
+  </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
 </section>
 
 </chapter>

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