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6 coreos-installer-install - Install Fedora CoreOS or RHEL CoreOS
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9 coreos-installer-install [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-c|--config-file]
10 [-s|--stream] [-u|--image-url] [-f|--image-file] [-i|--ignition-file]
11 [-I|--ignition-url] [--ignition-hash] [-a|--architecture] [-p|--plat‐
12 form] [--append-karg] [--delete-karg] [-n|--copy-network] [--net‐
13 work-dir] [--save-partlabel] [--save-partindex] [--offline] [--inse‐
14 cure] [--insecure-ignition] [--stream-base-url] [--preserve-on-error]
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18 Install Fedora CoreOS or RHEL CoreOS
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21 -h, --help
22 Print help information
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24 -V, --version
25 Print version information
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27 -c, --config-file=path
28 YAML config file with install options
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30 Load additional config options from the specified YAML config
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34 Config file keys are long option names without the leading "--".
35 Values are strings for non-repeatable options, arrays of strings
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40 Fedora CoreOS stream
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42 The name of the Fedora CoreOS stream to install, such as "sta‐
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45 -u, --image-url=URL
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52 Embed an Ignition config from a file
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55 Embed an Ignition config from a URL
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61 Digest (type-value) of the Ignition config
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66 -a, --architecture=name [default: x86_64]
67 Target CPU architecture
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69 Create an install disk for a different CPU architecture than the
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79 Append default kernel arg
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81 Add a kernel argument to the installed system.
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83 --delete-karg=arg
84 Delete default kernel arg
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88 -n, --copy-network
89 Copy network config from install environment
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91 Copy NetworkManager keyfiles from the install environment to the
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103 Save partitions with this label glob
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106 Save partitions with this number or range
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109 Force offline installation
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115 Allow Ignition URL without HTTPS or hash
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117 --stream-base-url=URL
118 Base URL for CoreOS stream metadata
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120 Override the base URL for fetching CoreOS stream metadata. The
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123 --preserve-on-error
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126 If installation fails, coreos-installer normally clears the des‐
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128 media. Skip clearing the partition table as a debugging aid.
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130 --fetch-retries=N [default: 0]
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133 Number of times to retry network fetches, or the string "infi‐
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137 Destination device
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139 Path to the device node for the destination disk. The beginning
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