1 start-autoinstall - HELP
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5 start-autoinstall is used when performing automated installationsr. It is able
6 to configure networking with provided settings, and fetch an installation script from
7 http / ftp server. This allows media to be created which fetches dynamic configuration
8 options from a server-side supplier.
11 pc-sysinstall start-autoinstall <config>
15 The configuration file for start-autoinstall can contain the following options:
18 - Location of the pc-sysinstall installation configuration file, can be local
19 or start with http:// or ftp:// to fetch from a remote system.
22 - Command to execute post-installation, such as "shutdown -p now" or other.
24 confirm_install: (YES/NO)
25 - Prompt on the console to begin installation. Defaults to YES.
26 Warning: Setting this to NO will start an installation as soon as start-autoinstall
27 is run. (I.E. after booting some install media) It may be dangerous if a disk is left
28 in a drive and the system is turned on!
30 nic_config: (DHCP-ALL / <cfg>)
31 - When set to DHCP-ALL, the software will attempt to get a network address from DHCP on
32 any / all detected NICS. If set to some other command, it will be used as an argument
33 to "ifconfig" to enable networking.
36 - Use the following DNS server for networking
38 nic_gateway: <gateway>
39 - Use the following default route / gateway for networking