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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS b/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS index f86809f69..81d559a7f 100644 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS +++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ This feature is used to replace redhat kickstart. It uses the kernel parameter "automatic" with keywords separated with commas and colons, on the following genres: - automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i586 + automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i686 - automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:ftp.ciril.fr,directory:/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker + automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:ftp.ciril.fr,directory:/pub/linux/mandriva-devel/cooker automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:companyserver,directory:/mdkinst,user:XXX,pass:XXX @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ the following genres: automatic=method:cdrom - automatic=method:disk,disk:hdb,partition:hdb7 + automatic=method:disk,disk:hdb,partition:hdb7,directory:/cooker The keywords correspond to each "virtual" question answered automatically, @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ if nfs/ftp/http: if multiple interfaces detected: `interface' <- (list-of-detected-interfaces) + if "auto": + use the first interface with a link beat + if "wired": + use the first wired interface with a link beat + or the first wired interface if none has a link beat fi @@ -78,3 +83,24 @@ fi +You may use shorter versions of keywords (it helps reducing size of +commandline), please find each keyword short-alias counterpart in file +../automatic.c under the identifier named "short_aliases". + +This gives for example for: + + automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i686 +==> + automatic=met:nfs,net:static,ip:192.168.1.24,ser:192.168.1.7,dir:/stable/i686 + + + +You may specify a stage2 auto-install file, different from the +default `auto_inst.cfg.pl' in install/, by filling the +`bootfile' parameter of your DHCP server response. + +Note that if the name ends with `-IP' or `-IP.pl', IP will be +replaced by the IP address given to the host, normalized to +hexadecimal (that is, `192.168.100.57' would give 'C0A86439'). + + |