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+  Once a distribution of GNU/Linux has been installed with xt-install-image
+ we'll have a pristine, unconfigured, installation.
+
+  To configure this the program xt-customize-image will call a collection
+ of distro-specific shell scripts.
+
+  These scripts are called hooks.  For each distribution we support there
+ is a subdirectory containing the necessary functions to configure the
+ host minimally.
+
+  By the time the scripts finish we'll expect:
+
+	* The installation to have a working fstab file.
+	* The installation will have IP address + networking configured.
+	* The installation will have a running installation of OpenSSH
+
+  These subdirectories will be installed to the directory
+ /usr/lib/xen-tools/
+
+Steve
+--
+$Id: README,v 1.1 2006-06-09 10:37:55 steve Exp $
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