Deploying Customized Preinstallations - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual

Deploying Customized
Preinstallations
Rolling out customized preinstallations of SUSE Linux Enterprise to a large number
of identical machines spares you from installing each one of them separately and provides
a standardized installation experience for the end users. With YaST firstboot, create
customized preinstallation images and determine the workflow for the final personal-
ization steps that involve end user interaction. This is different from AutoYaST that
allows completely automated installations; for more information, see
mated Installation (page 85).
Creating a custom installation, rolling it out to your hardware, and personalizing the
final product involves the following steps:
1 Prepare the master machine whose disk should be cloned to the client machines.
For more information, refer to
(page 104).
2 Customize the firstboot workflow. For more information, refer to
"Customizing the Firstboot Installation"
3 Clone the master machine's disk and roll this image out to the clients' disks. For
more information, refer to
(page 112).
4 Have the end user personalize the instance of SUSE Linux Enterprise. For more
information, refer to
Section 6.1, "Preparing the Master Machine"
(page 104).
Section 6.3, "Cloning the Master Installation"
Section 6.4, "Personalizing the Installation"
Chapter 5, Auto-

Deploying Customized Preinstallations

Section 6.2,
(page 113).
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