Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - VM CLIENT GUIDE AND REFERENCE 06-17-2009 Client Manual page 90

Use a PXE Install Source: This feature is only available when you select Full Virtualization
in the Virtualization Mode field, and it works only if the host server that is selected for building
this VM is on a network where PXE is running.
If you select this option, it disables the Install Source, Auto Install File, and Additional
Arguments fields. The installation is then done from a PXE menu that is displayed when you
are automatically connected to the target VM via VNC after you click Install.
IMPORTANT: The default timeout for the PXE menu's autoboot might be too short because
of the time that it takes for VNC to connect with target VM. For example, if your PXE timeout
is set to 10 seconds, most of that might be used up in getting the PXE menu to display via VNC.
If you want to select the installation source from the PXE menu, we recommend that you
change it to a timeout value that works for you, such as 15 or 20 seconds.
Auto Install File: This field applies only to paravirtual installations. The file listed here is used
to populate the answers needed during the installation of the guest operating system. Some
examples include time zone, language, firewall, and other settings given in response to the user
interactive areas of the installation. An AutoYaST file listed here can contain network settings
that are applied during the VM Builder job. For RHEL, the file is a kickstart file.
IMPORTANT: The auto install file must reside locally on the machine where you are running
the VM Client. It cannot be used from a host machine or another machine in your network.
Additional Arguments: This field applies only to paravirtual installations. These are Linux
install arguments, which are operating system parameters similar to the information entered in
a GRUB boot loader when running on bare hardware in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED). Additional network installation information can
be added here, which is used during the build process to find the installation source for the VM
build process.
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