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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS b/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS deleted file mode 100644 index e52134da5..000000000 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ - -| (*) Automatic install -\---------------------- - -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:ftp,network:dhcp,server:ftp.ciril.fr,directory:/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker - - automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:companyserver,directory:/mdkinst,user:XXX,pass:XXX - - automatic=method:ftp,interface:eth1,network:dhcp,... - - automatic=method:ftp,network:adsl,adsluser:XXX,adslpass:XXX,... - - automatic=method:cdrom - - automatic=method:disk,disk:hdb,partition:hdb7,directory:/cooker - - -The keywords correspond to each "virtual" question answered automatically, -either from a list or from a free field. - - -Keywords are: - - -`method' <- (nfs,ftp,http,cdrom,disk) - -if nfs/ftp/http: - - `network' <- (static,dhcp,adsl) - - if multiple interfaces detected: - - `interface' <- (list-of-detected-interfaces) - (if "auto", use the first interface with a link beat) - - fi - - if static: - - `ip', `dns', `gateway', `netmask' (free fields) - - elsif adsl: - - `adsluser', `adslpass' (free field) - - fi - - if resolving fails: - - `hostname', `domain' (free fields) - - fi - - `server', `directory' (free fields) - - if ftp: - - `user', `pass' (free fields) - - fi - -fi - -if disk: - - `disk' <- (list-of-detected-disks) - - `partition' <- (list-of-detected-partitions) - - `directory' (free fields) - -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/i586 -==> - automatic=met:nfs,net:static,ip:192.168.1.24,ser:192.168.1.7,dir:/stable/i586 - - - -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'). - - |