| B.2. 'info' file format | ||
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 | Appendix B. Advanced Linuxrc Options |  |
| B.2. 'info' file format | ||
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| | Appendix B. Advanced Linuxrc Options | |
Lines starting with '#' are comments, valid entries are of the form
key: value
Note that value extends to the end of the line and so may contain spaces. key is matched case insensitive.
You can use the same key - value pairs on the kernel command line using the syntax key=value Lines that don't have the form described above are ignored.
Valid keys are (values given are just examples)
Table B.1. Advanced linuxrc keywords
| Keyword/Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Language: de_DE | set the language |
| Keytable: de-lat1-nd | load this keytable |
| Display: Color|Mono|Alt | set the menu color scheme |
| Install: nfs://server/install/8.0-i386 | install via NFS from server (note: you can give username, password etc. in the URL, too) |
| InstMode: cd|hd|nfs|smb|ftp|http|tftp | set installation mode |
| HostIP: 10.10.0.2 | the client ip address |
| Netmask: 255.255.0.0 | network mask |
| Gateway: 10.10.0.1 | gateway |
| Server: 10.10.0.1 | installation server address |
| Nameserver: 10.10.0.1 | nameserver |
| Proxy: 10.10.0.1 | proxy (either ftp or http) |
| ProxyPort: 10.10.0.1 | proxy port |
| Partition: hda1 | partition with install sources for hard disk install |
| Serverdir: /install/8.0-i386 | base directory of the installation sources |
| Netdevice: eth0 | network interface to use |
| BOOTPWait: 5 | sleep 5 seconds between network activation and starting bootp |
| BOOTPTimeout: 10 | 10 seconds timeout for BOOTP requests |
| DHCPTimeout: 60 | 60 seconds timeout for DHCP requests |
| TFTPTimeout: 10 | 10 seconds timeout for TFTP connection |
| ForceRootimage: 0|1 | load the installation system into ramdisk |
| Textmode: 0|1 | start YaST in text mode |
| Username: name | set user name (e.g. for FTP install) |
| Password: password | set password (e.g. for FTP install) |
| WorkDomain: domain | set work domain for SMB install |
| ForceInsmod: 0|1 | use '-f' option when running insmod |
| DHCP: 0|1 | start DHCP daemon now, but see UseDHCP |
| UseDHCP: 0|1 | use DHCP instead of BOOTP (DHCP is default) |
| MemLimit: 10000 | ask for swap if free memory drops below 10000 kB |
| MemYaST: 20000 | run YaST in text mode if free memory is below 20000 kB |
| MemYaSTText: 10000 | ask for swap before starting YaST if free memory is below 10000 kB |
| MemModules: 20000 | delete all modules before starting YaST if free memory is below 20000 kB |
| MemLoadImage: 50000 | load installation system into ramdisk if free memory is above 50000 kB |
| Manual: 0|1 | start Linuxrc in manual mode |
| NoPCMCIA: 0|1 | don't start card manager |
| Domain: zap.de | set domain name (used for name server lookups) |
| RootImage: /suse/images/root | installation system image |
| RescueImage: /suse/images/rescue | rescue system image |
| InstallDir: /suse/inst-sys | installation system |
| Rescue: 1|nfs://server/dir | load rescue system; the URL variant specifies the location of the rescue image explicitly |
| AutoYaST: ftp://autoyastfile | location of autoinstall file; activates autoinstall mode |
| VNC: 0|1 | setup VNC server |
| VNCPassword: password | sets VNC server password |
| UseSSH: 0|1 | setup SSH server |
| SSHPassword: password | sets SSH server password (this will not be the final root password!) |
| AddSwap: 0|3|/dev/hda5 | if 0, do never ask for swap; if the argument is a positive number n, activate the n'th swap partition; is the argument is a partition name, activate this swap partition |
| Exec: command | run command |
| USBWait: 4 | wait 4 seconds after loading USB modules |
| Insmod: module params | load this module |
| Loghost: 10.10.0.22 | Enable remove logging via syslog |
| y2confirm | overrides the confirm parameter in a profile and pops up the confirm proposal (available since SUSE Linux 10.1 / SLES10) |
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| Appendix B. Advanced Linuxrc Options |  | B.3. Advanced Network Setup |