Preparing The Master Machine; Customizing The Firstboot Installation - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

6.1 Preparing the Master Machine

To prepare a master machine for a firstboot workflow, proceed as follows:
1 Insert the installation media into the master machine.
2 Boot the machine.
3 Perform a normal installation including all necessary configuration steps and
4 To define your own workflow of YaST configuration steps for the end user or
5 Enable firstboot as root:
6 Proceed to Section 6.3, "Cloning the Master Installation" (page 113).
6.2 Customizing the Firstboot
Customizing the firstboot installation may involve several different components. Cus-
tomizing them is optional. If you do not make any changes, firstboot performs the in-
stallation using the default settings. The following options are available:
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wait for the installed machine to boot. Also install the yast2-firstboot
package.
add your own YaST modules to this workflow, proceed to Section 6.2, "Customiz-
ing the Firstboot Installation" (page 104). Otherwise proceed directly to Step 5
(page 104).
5a Create an empty file /etc/reconfig_system to trigger firstboot's exe-
cution. This file will be deleted, once the firstboot configuration has been
successfully accomplished. Create this file using the following command:
touch /etc/reconfig_system
5b Enable the firstboot service through the YaST Runlevel Editor.
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