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mknb.8
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NAME
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\ **mknb**\  - creates a network boot root image for node discovery and flashing


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SYNOPSIS
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\ **mknb**\  \ *arch*\ 


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DESCRIPTION
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The \ **mknb**\  command is run by xCAT automatically when xCAT is installed on the management node.
It creates a network boot root image (used for node discovery, BMC programming, and flashing)
for the same architecture that the management node is.  So you normally do not need to run the
\ **mknb**\  command yourself.

If you make custom changes to the network boot root image, you will need to run \ **mknb**\  again to regenerate the diskless image to include your changes.  If you have an xCAT Hierarchical Cluster with Service Nodes having local /tftpboot directories (site.sharedtftp=0), you will need to copy the generated root image to each Service Node.

Presently, the architectures x86_64 and ppc64 are supported. For ppc64le, use the ppc64 architecture.


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OPTIONS
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\ *arch*\ 
 
 The hardware architecture for which to build the boot image.
 



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RETURN VALUE
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0. The command completed successfully.



1. An error has occurred.




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SEE ALSO
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makedhcp(8)|makedhcp.8