Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 433

a. Copy the RAM drive file, whose default location is /boot/loader/initrd on a SLES
9 SP1 bootable CD.
b. Place the copy in a location on your imaging server. For example, /srv/tftp/
autoyast/initrd.
c. In this field, enter the path that is relative to the daemon. For example, autoyast/
initrd.
Protocol and IP address (or DNS name) required to access the network installation
directory: Select NFS, FTP, HTTP, or TFTP from the drop-down list, then specify the IP
address or DNS name of the device containing the network installation directory.
Path to the network installation directory (relative to protocol): The path should be
relative to the home directory of the selected protocol daemon.
For example, if you specify the HTTP protocol, enter myserver.provo.novell.com as the DNS
name, and specify the path as /installs/scripts/myscript.cfg, then the URL to
the installation directory is http://myserver.provo.novell.com/installs/
scripts/myscript.cfg, where /installs/scripts/myscript.cfg is relative
to the protocol and server ID.
Protocol and IP address required to access the script: Select NFS, FTP, HTTP, TFTP, or
FILE from the drop-down list, then specify the IP address or DNS name of the device
containing the script.
If you select FILE, you must manually copy the AutoYaST XML file that you specify on this
wizard page into the initial RAM drive file that you specify in the Initial RAM Drive field.
For example, if initrd is your initial RAM drive file and autoyast.xml is your
AutoYaST XML file, perform the commands in the following tables:
Obtaining and Preparing the RAM Drive File
Table 30-2
Command
cd /path_to_RAM_drive_file
cp initrd initrd.bak
mv initrd initrd.gz
gzip -d initrd.gz
mkdir temp
file initrd
Description
Change to the directory where initrd exists.
Make a backup copy of your original RAM drive
file (recommended).
Rename initrd to a temporary gzipped file.
Decompress the .gz file. This changes the
initrd.gz filename back to initrd, but in an
uncompressed mode.
Create a temporary working directory.
Determine which type of file system initrd is.
If the type is cpio, perform the commands in
Table 30-3, "Updating a cpio File Type," on
page 434; otherwise, perform the commands in
Table 30-4, "Updating a non-cpio File Type," on
page 434.
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