Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual page 123

• Customizing messages to the user as described in
YaST Messages"
• Customizing licenses and license actions as described in
the License Action"
• Customizing the release notes to display as described in
the Release Notes"
• Customizing the order and number of components involved in the installation as
described in Section 6.2.4, "Customizing the Workflow"
• Configuring additional optional scripts as described in
Additional Scripts"
To customize any of these components, adjust the following configuration files:
/etc/sysconfig/firstboot
Configure various aspects of firstboot, such as release notes, scripts, and license
actions.
/etc/YaST2/firstboot.xml
Configure the installation workflow by enabling or disabling components or adding
custom ones.
6.2.1 Customizing YaST Messages
By default, an installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise contains several default messages
that are localized and displayed at certain stages of the installation process. These include
a welcome message, a license message, and a congratulatory message at the end of in-
stallation. You can replace any of these with your own versions and include localized
versions of them in the installation. To include your own welcome message, proceed
as follows:
1 Log in as root.
2 Open the /etc/sysconfig/firstboot configuration file and apply the
following changes:
(page 105).
(page 106).
(page 107).
(page 112).
Section 6.2.1, "Customizing
Section 6.2.2, "Customizing
Section 6.2.3, "Customizing
(page 107).
Section 6.2.5, "Configuring
Deploying Customized Preinstallations 105