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dryrun (optional)
Parses and checks the installation script. Does not perform the installation.
esxlocation (optional)
Specifies an existing Linux partition to use as the
or ext3 file system, be at least 1100MB, and be a primary partition.
--disk= or --drive=
--firstdisk=
<disk-type1>,
[<disk-type2>, ...]
--uuid=<UUID>
--clearcontents
firewall (optional)
Compared to kickstart, the behavior of the ESX 4.0
the command in your existing scripts.
firewall
Configures firewall options. All nonessential ports are blocked by default.
--allowIncoming
--allowOutgoing
firewallport (optional)
Specifies firewall ports to allow or disallow connections.
--open
--close
--port=<port>
--proto=[tcp|udp]
--dir=[in|out]
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You can add an optional string argument to the --firstdisk flag to select the
disk types. The strings that you can use are as follows:
local
n
remote
n
Device driver name in the vmkernel
n
You can combine multiple values in a comma-separated list to concatenate
other matches onto the list of matches. For example,
--firstdisk=local,remote selects the first detected local disk or, if none are
available, the first remote disk. This is the default behavior. To prefer a disk
with the device driver named mptspi over any other local disks, use
--firstdisk=mptspi,local.
partition. The partition must be formatted with an ext2
/boot
Specifies the disk to search for an existing Linux partition that can be used as /
boot. See Table 6-1 for the accepted disk name formats.
Uses the first disk that has a partition suitable to be the
the same argument format as the
Specifies a particular partition using the partition's ext2 UUID.
Removes any files on the partition.
firewall
Opens all incoming ports on the system.
Opens all outgoing ports on the system.
Allows the specified port to pass through the firewall.
Disallows the specified port to pass through the firewall.
Specifies ports allowed or disallowed through the firewall.
Specifies transmission protocols allowed or disallowed through the firewall.
Specifies the direction of traffic to be allowed or disallowed through the
firewall.
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/boot
command.
autopart
command is significantly different. Carefully edit
partition. Supports
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