Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 109

If your autoinstallation scenario involves client configuration via DCHP and a network
installation source and you want to monitor the installation process using VNC, your
info would look like this:
autoyast:profile_source install:install_source vnc:1 vncpassword:some_password
If you prefer a static network setup at installation time, your info file would look like
the following:
autoyast:profile_source \
install:install_source \
hostip:some_ip \
netmask:some_netmask \
gateway:some_gateway
The \ indicate that the line breaks have only been added for the sake of readability. All
options must be entered as one continuous string.
The info data can be made available to linuxrc in various different ways:
• As a file in the root directory of a floppy that is in the client's floppy drive at instal-
lation time.
• As a file in the root directory of the initial RAM disk used for booting the system
provided either from custom installation media or via PXE boot.
• As part of the AutoYaST profile. In this case, the AutoYaST file needs to be called
info to enable linuxrc to parse it. An example for this approach is given below.
linuxrc looks for a string (start_linuxrc_conf) in the profile that represents the
beginning of the file. If it is found, it parses the content starting from that string and
finishes when the string end_linuxrc_conf is found. The options are stored in the
profile as follows:
....
<install>
....
<init>
<info_file>
<![CDATA[
#
# Don't remove the following line:
# start_linuxrc_conf
#
install: nfs:server/path
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