Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 112

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 92).
The following parameters are commonly used for linuxrc. For more information, refer
to the AutoYaST package documentation under /usr/share/doc/packages/
autoyast.
IMPORTANT: Separating Parameters and Values
When passing parameters to linuxrc at the boot prompt, use = to separate
parameter and value. When using an info file, separate parameter and value
with :.
Keyword
netdevice
hostip
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Value
The network device to use for network setup (for
BOOTP/DHCP requests). Only needed if several network
devices are available.
When empty, the client sends a BOOTP request. Other-
wise the client is configured using the specified data.