Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 101

Access to the boot prompt of the system to install where you manually enter the
autoyast= parameter
Boot and Install from SUSE Linux Enterprise Media, Get the Profile from a Floppy
Use this approach if an entirely network-based installation scenario would not
work. It requires physical access to the system to install for turning on the target
machine, or, in the second case, to enter the profile's location at the boot prompt.
In both cases, you may also need to change media depending on the scope of instal-
lation.
You need:
• The SUSE Linux Enterprise media
• A floppy holding both the profile and the info file
or
Access to the boot prompt of the target to enter the autoyast= parameter
Boot and Install from Custom Media, Get the Profile from the Media
If you just need to install a limited number of software packages and the number
of targets is relatively low, creating your own custom CD holding both the installa-
tion data and the profile itself might prove a good idea, especially if no network is
available in your setup.
5.1.5 Creating the info File
The installation routines at the target need to be made aware of all the different compo-
nents of the AutoYaST framework. This is done by creating a command line containing
all the parameters needed to locate the AutoYaST components, installation sources,
and the parameters needed to control the installation process.
Do this by manually passing these parameters at the boot prompt of the installation or
by providing a file called info that is read by the installation routines (linuxrc). The
former requires physical access to any client to install, which makes this approach un-
suitable for large deployments. The latter enables you to provide the info file on some
media that is prepared and inserted into the clients' drives prior to the autoinstallation.
Alternatively, use PXE boot and include the linuxrc parameters in the pxelinux
.cfg/default file as shown in Section "Preparing for Network Boot" (page 83).
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