The Parmfile-Automating The System Configuration - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 08-04-2006 Supplementary Manual

Next, enter the full hostname. Then choose manual configuration and enter the IP ad-
dress, netmask, broadcast address, IP address of the gateway, and IP address of the
DNS server.
Example A.5 Network Device Name
Fully qualified hostname> earth.cosmos.com
Automatic configuration via DHCP?
1) Yes
2) No
> 2
Enter your IP address> 192.168.0.20
Enter your netmask. For a normal class C network, this is usually
255.255.255.0 [255.255.255.0]> 255.255.255.0
If you need a gateway to reach the server, enter the IP address of the
gateway. If you do not need a gateway, enter your own IP address
[192.168.0.20]> 192.168.0.1
Enter the IP address of your name server. If you do not use a name server,
press ESC [192.168.0.20]> 192.168.0.2
A.2 The parmfile—Automating the
System Configuration
The installation process can be partly automated by specifying the crucial parameters
in the parmfile. The parmfile contains all the data required for network setup
and DASD configuration. In addition to that, it can be used to set up the connection
method to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation system and the YaST instance
running there. User interaction is thus limited to the actual YaST installation controlled
by YaST dialogs.
The following parameters can be passed to the installation routine, which takes them
as default values for installation. All IP addresses, server names, and numerical values
are just examples. Replace these values with the ones needed in your installation sce-
nario.
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