Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 97

Profile Lo- Parameter
cation
Device
autoyast=device://
/path
Floppy
autoyast=floppy://
/path
USB
autoyast=usb://
(Flash)
/path
Disk
NFS
autoyast=nfs://
/server/path
HTTP
autoyast=http://
/server/path
HTTPS
autoyast=https://
/server/path
TFTP
autoyast=tftp://
/server/path
FTP
autoyast=ftp://
/server/path
Replace the server and path placeholders with values matching your actual setup.
Description
Makes the installation routines look for
the control file on a storage device. Only
the device name is needed—/dev/sda1
is wrong, use sda1 instead.
Makes the installation routines look for
the control file on a floppy in the floppy
drive. This option is especially useful, if
you want to boot from CD-ROM.
If a control file cannot be retrieved from
the floppy disk, AutoYaST automatically
scans any USB device attached to your
machine.
This option triggers a search for the con-
trol file on any USB attached device.
Has the installation routines retrieve the
control file from an NFS server.
Has the installation routines retrieve the
control file from an HTTP server.
Has the installation routines retrieve the
control file from an HTTPS server.
Has the installation routines retrieve the
control file from a TFTP server.
Has the installation routines retrieve the
control file from an FTP server.
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