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  $ snf-image-creator --help

  Usage: snf-image-creator [options] <input_media>

  Options:

    --version             show program's version number and exit

    -h, --help            show this help message and exit

    -o FILE, --outfile=FILE

                          dump image to FILE

    -f, --force           overwrite output files if they exist

    -s, --silent          output only errors

    -u FILENAME, --upload=FILENAME

                          upload the image to the cloud with name FILENAME

    -r IMAGENAME, --register=IMAGENAME

                          register the image with a cloud as IMAGENAME

    -m KEY=VALUE, --metadata=KEY=VALUE

                          add custom KEY=VALUE metadata to the image

    -t TOKEN, --token=TOKEN

                          use this authentication token when

                          uploading/registering images

    -a URL, --authentication-url=URL

                          use this authentication URL when uploading/registering

                          images

    -c CLOUD, --cloud=CLOUD

                          use this saved cloud account to authenticate against a

                          cloud when uploading/registering images

    --print-syspreps      print the enabled and disabled system preparation

                          operations for this input media

    --enable-sysprep=SYSPREP

                          run SYSPREP operation on the input media

    --disable-sysprep=SYSPREP

                          prevent SYSPREP operation from running on the input

                          media

    --print-sysprep-params

                          print the needed sysprep parameters for this input

                          media

    --sysprep-param=SYSPREP_PARAMS

                          Add KEY=VALUE system preparation parameter

    --no-sysprep          don't perform any system preparation operation

    --no-shrink           don't shrink any partition

    --public              register image with the cloud as public

    --tmpdir=DIR          create large temporary image files under DIR

*snf-image-creator* can only fully function on input media hosting *Linux*,

*FreeBSD* (tested on version 9.1) and *Windows* (Server 2008 R2 and Server

2012) systems. The program will detect the needed metadata and you may use it

to upload and register other *Unix* images, but you cannot use it to shrink

them or perform system preparation operations.

For Windows and FreeBSD systems, the needed drivers need to be manually

downloaded and installed on the media before the image creation process takes

place. For *FreeBSD* the virtio drivers can be found

`here <http://people.freebsd.org/~kuriyama/virtio/>`_. For Windows the drivers

are hosted by the

`Fedora Project <http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/>`_.