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+## generic netboot image specfile
+## used to build a network bootable image
+
+## John Davis <zhen@gentoo.org>
+
+# subarch can be any of the supported Catalyst subarches (like athlon-xp). Refer
+# to the catalyst reference manual (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst) for supported arches.
+# example:
+# subarch: athlon-xp
+subarch:
+
+# version stamp is an identifier for the build. can be anything you want it to be, but it
+# is usually a date.
+# example:
+# version_stamp: 2004.2
+version_stamp:
+
+# target specifies what type of build Catalyst is to do. check the catalyst reference manual
+# for supported targets.
+# example:
+# target: stage2
+target:
+
+# rel_type defines what kind of build we are doing. usually, default will suffice.
+# example:
+# rel_type: default
+rel_type:
+
+# system profile used to build the media
+# example:
+# profile: default-x86-2004.0
+profile:
+
+# which snapshot to use
+# example:
+# snapshot: 20040614
+snapshot:
+
+# where the seed stage comes from, path is relative to $clst_sharedir (catalyst.conf)
+# example:
+# default/stage3-x86-2004.1
+source_subpath:
+
+# kernel sources to use (e.g gentoo-dev-sources, gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources)
+netboot/kernel/sources:
+
+# kernel config (.config) used to build the kernel
+netboot/kernel/config:
+
+# (optional) USE flags to set for the kernel
+netboot/kernel/use:
+
+# (optional) USE flags to set for the packages that are to be included in the netboot image
+netboot/use:
+
+# config used to build busybox
+netboot/busybox_config:
+
+# base tarball to use for the netboot image
+netboot/base_tarball: /usr/lib/catalyst/netboot/netboot-base.tar.bz2
+
+# packages that you want to have available in the netboot image
+netboot/packages:
+ raidtools
+ xfsprogs
+ e2fsprogs
+ reiserfsprogs
+
+# here you can set which files from the above packages you want copied over to the image
+netboot/packages/raidtools/files: /sbin/raidstart /sbin/mkraid /sbin/detect_multipath /sbin/raidreconf /sbin/raidstop /sbin/raidhotadd /sbin/raidhotremove /sbin/raidsetfaulty /sbin/raid0run
+
+netboot/packages/xfsprogs/files: /sbin/mkfs.xfs /sbin/xfs_repair /bin/xfs_check
+
+netboot/packages/e2fsprogs/files: /sbin/mke2fs
+
+netboot/packages/reiserfsprogs/files: /sbin/mkreiserfs
+
+# any extra files that need copied over to the image to make it work
+netboot/extra_files: /lib/libresolv.so.2 /lib/libnss_compat.so.2 /lib/libnss_dns.so.2 /lib/libnss_files.so.2 /sbin/consoletype