Setting Up The Toolkit Environment; Editing The Sstk.conf Script; Sstk Variables - HP Integrity rx1600 Deployment Manual

4 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment

Setting up the toolkit environment involves editing scripts that control the boot and operation
of the toolkit. The EFI loader launches the Linux boot loader, which in turn executes a bootstrap
script in the root file system. The bootstrap script invokes the main toolkit launch script, which
uses a Linux setup script to trigger the OS installation. This chapter provides guidance on editing
these files.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• "Editing the sstk.conf Script" (page 33)
• "Editing the Linux Boot Loader" (page 34)
• "Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script" (page 37)
• "Editing the linux-setup.sh Script" (page 37)
• "Setting Repository Access Permissions" (page 38)
NOTE: When editing script files, be aware of the CRLF additions when using Windows-based
text editors. You must ensure that the modified script files are UNIX file format by using a utility
to convert the script files to UNIX format (such as dos2unix) or by saving the file in UNIX file
format.

Editing the sstk.conf Script

The SSTK variables that you typically must set are grouped in the sstk.conf configuration
file. This following describes each variable and the associated default values:
Table 4-1 SSTK Variables
Variable Name
DEFAULT_MAIN_MENU_OPTION=""
INTERACTIVE="no"
WAIT_TIMEOUT=0
DISK=""
DISTRO=""
RHEL_PROFILE=""
SLES_PROFILE=""
Description
Defines the default action of SSTK. It can be set to the following values: linux,
readhwconfig, capture, deploy" or bash. Respectively the values do the
following: perform a Linux installation, read hardware configuration variables,
capture a Linux image, replicate a Linux image, or enter to the bash prompt.
The default value is empty.
Can be set to yes or no to prompt you before certain tasks are executed such as
overwriting files.
The default value is no.
Is used in the interactive mode to time out the message prompts and can be set to
an integer number of seconds.
The default value is zero.
Sets the target device where Linux is to be installed. For example, /dev/sda.
By default it is empty so that a disk menu is displayed for you to select the
installation destination directory.
Sets the target Linux distribution to be installed. The supported values are
rhel4up4, rhel4up5, rhel4up6, rhel4up7, rhel5, rhel5up1, rhel5up2,
rhel5up3, sles10sp1, or sles10sp2.
The default value is empty.
Sets the installation profile to be used in the RHEL unattended install.
The default value is rhel5up1-profile.
Sets the installation profile to be used in the SLES unattended install.
The default value is sles10sp1-profile.
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