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replace-partition ----------------- A standalone element which consumes a base image which was created with ``diskimage-builder`` and rebuilds it without making any packaging changes. This allows the image contents to be copied to a new block device layout. Use cases for this element include: * Rebuilding a whole-disk image with a different partition layout by setting ``DIB_BLOCK_DEVICE_CONFIG`` * Rebuilding a whole-disk image with the same partitions but with the sector size increased to 4096 bytes replace-partition-redhat ------------------------ A redhat family specific version of the ``replace-partition`` element. Change-Id: I7399c4bf6a4d6acfef43f871df0a40e2961ed44e
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replace-partition
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=================
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A standalone element which consumes a base image which was created with
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``diskimage-builder`` and rebuilds it without making any packaging changes. This
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allows the image contents to be copied to a new block device layout. Use cases
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for this element include:
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* Rebuilding a whole-disk image with a different partition layout by setting
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``DIB_BLOCK_DEVICE_CONFIG``
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* Rebuilding a whole-disk image with the same partitions but with the sector
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size increased to 4096 bytes
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See element ``replace-partition-redhat`` for a full example of how to use this element
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Arguments
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The following arguments are mandatory and should be set to the correct values as
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for other distro elements:
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* ``DISTRO_NAME``
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* ``DIB_RELEASE``
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* ``EFI_BOOT_DIR``
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* ``DIB_INIT_SYSTEM``
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* ``DIB_BLOCK_DEVICE``
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* ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE``
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``DIB_SOURCE_BLOCK_SIZE`` can be set to 4096 if the base image
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``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE`` was created with a 4096 byte sector size.
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