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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README index 79c62f6bb..ed156dd1b 100644 --- a/docs/README +++ b/docs/README @@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ be minimalistic) in stage2. -To install a module, use modprobe which is in /usr/bin. It's a perl wrapper -around /usr/bin/insmod. It uses the dependencies found in +To manually install a module during install, switch to console #2 +and type "modprobe <modulename>". The modprobe program is a perl +wrapper around /usr/bin/insmod. It uses the dependencies found in /modules/modules.dep (stage1). /usr/bin/insmod is a wrapper around /usr/bin/insmod_. It just extracts the @@ -271,6 +272,43 @@ then, on another computer: % DISPLAY=test_machine:0 xwd -root | convert - screenshot.png ******************************************************************************** +* Auto install ***************************************************************** +******************************************************************************** +A powerful auto-install system is available. It allows performing +an install without any human interaction. + +To feed automatic parameters to the stage1 part (the textmode +part - might not be necessary for you if you plan to do +cdrom-based auto-installs, but mostly highly needed when doing +network installs), please refer to ../mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS. + +About the stage2 part (the actual installer, at the time you're +(usually) running in graphical mode), please refer to the nice +documentation written by David Eastcott. Either install the +package "drakx-autoinstall-doc" from contrib, or browse: + +http://members.shaw.ca/mandrake/drakx/9.0/HTML/ + +The previous document will explain you how to setup the contents +of the auto_inst.cfg file. Note that you have 3 alternatives for +providing this file: +- from a floppy disk; use "kickstart=floppy" as kernel parameter, + as explained in the document +- from the installation volume itself; put the file in the + "Mandrake/base" directory of the installation volume; use + "kickstart" only, or "kickstart=filename" to specify another + filename than auto_inst.cfg +- specified by the network; setup your DHCP server to provide the + "bootfile" parameter, this file will be used as the + "auto_inst.cfg" file, in the case you also provide the + "netauto" boot parameter + +In any case, if the specified file ends with -IP or -IP.pl, IP +will be substituted by the IP address of the machine, when doing +a network install. Might be useful so that you can control all +your auto installs from your server. + +******************************************************************************** * Miscellaneous **************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** > o Media access methods: nfs, ftp, http, hd, cdrom @@ -278,22 +316,27 @@ then, on another computer: > - What exactly each stage does init loads stage1 -stage1 loads stage2, on various medium type +stage1 loads stage2, from various medium type stage2 is too big to fit on a floppy, that's why stage1 exists > - How each stage relates to the various media access methods -stage1 knows only how to access to the media is compiled for. It contains only -the kernel modules needed for that media. For eg, the nfs/ftp/http stage1 -doesn't contain scsi modules nor ide. +stage1 knows only how to access to the media is compiled for. It +contains only the kernel modules needed for that media. For eg, +the nfs/ftp/http stage1 (network.img floppy) doesn't contain scsi +modules nor ide. > - How one stage terminates and another begins. i.e., How does > stage1 find, mount, and launch stage2? -/sbin/init just starts /sbin/stage1 -/sbin/stage1 takes care of mounting stage2 (in ramdisk if necessary) - then it runs /usr/bin/runinstall2 + /sbin/init just starts /sbin/stage1, and monitors its +execution; it's here to cleanly umount the partitions when stage1 +or stage2 dies/finished + + /sbin/stage1 takes care of mounting stage2 (in ramdisk if +necessary) then it execs /usr/bin/runinstall2 (thus, stage2 +replaces stage1, and init then monitors stage2) > o Text and Graphic mode installers > - Architectural overview of each |