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diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst index f18d0918..a5d22f81 100644 --- a/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst +++ b/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst @@ -117,11 +117,16 @@ Create a new server .. option:: --image <image> - Create server from this image (name or ID) + Create server boot disk from this image (name or ID) .. option:: --volume <volume> - Create server from this volume (name or ID) + Create server using this volume as the boot disk (name or ID) + + This option automatically creates a block device mapping with a boot + index of 0. On many hypervisors (libvirt/kvm for example) this will + be device ``vda``. Do not create a duplicate mapping using + :option:`--block-device-mapping` for this volume. .. option:: --flavor <flavor> |