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<H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Anatomy_of_the_Boot_Loader_Configuration_Files"></A>
Anatomy of the Boot Loader Configuration Files</H1>
<P CLASS="western">Installation is initiated by 'booting' the
computer with a specially created boot media (floppy or CD-ROM) that
is used to start <B>Stage 1</B> of the Mandrakelinux<FONT FACE="Times, serif">™</FONT>
installation. Stage 1, after obtaining the necessary information,
loads and activates the main installation program referred to as
<B>Stage 2</B>. Stage 1 and Stage 2 are collectively known as DrakX.
This section deals specifically with Stage 1 and the configuration
files used by the boot loaders.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">The boot media
contains a Boot Loader, kernel and the Stage 1 program (the term 'gi'
is associated with or is the name of the Stage 1 program). Due to
changes in the Mandrakelinux<FONT FACE="Times, serif">™</FONT>
distribution, there are now three different boot loader programs
used, depending on the installation method desired. The following
table illustrates the boot image files (located in <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">images</FONT>)
and their associated media, boot loader and configuration file:</P>
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<COL WIDTH=309>
<COL WIDTH=131>
<COL WIDTH=159>
<COL WIDTH=248>
<THEAD>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TH WIDTH=309 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><FONT SIZE=3><U>Image</U></FONT></P>
</TH>
<TH WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><FONT SIZE=3><U>Boot
Media</U></FONT></P>
</TH>
<TH WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><FONT SIZE=3><U>Boot
Loader</U></FONT></P>
</TH>
<TH WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><FONT SIZE=3><U>Configuration
File</U></FONT></P>
</TH>
</TR>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">boot.iso</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in">CD-ROM</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">isolinux</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">isolinux/isolinux.cfg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">cdrom.img</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in">floppy</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">syslinux</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hd_grub.img</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in">floppy</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">grub</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">menu.lst</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in; margin-bottom: 0in">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network.img<FONT FACE="Times, serif">
and</FONT></FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network_drivers.img</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in">2 x
floppy</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">syslinux</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">pcmcia.img</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in">floppy</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">syslinux</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=309>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=131>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=159>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=248>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">Please refer to the section <A HREF="section2.html#Getting_Started"><B><I>Getting
Started</I></B></A> and the documentation <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">INSTALL.txt</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">images/README</FONT> (on your
CD-ROM or the down loaded file set) for details regarding the
creation of your desired boot media.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Regardless of the boot media used, the boot
process goes something like this:</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in">1.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=725>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The computers' BIOS
reads the Master Boot Record (MBR),
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in">2.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=725>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Then loads and runs
the Boot Loader program,
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in">3.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=725>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The Boot Loader reads
its configuration file and retrieves the location and name of the
file containing the kernel to be started and the parameters to be
passed to the kernel (what this section is all about),</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in">4.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=725>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The kernel is loaded
and it in turn runs the Stage 1 install program (its actually
hidden in the initial ram disk (the file ending with the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">.rdz</FONT>
extention).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=122 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in">5.</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=725>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">And now ...</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">The
files, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">isolinux.cfg</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">menu.lst</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT> are used to
specify what the boot loader is supposed to do and what options, if
any, are available to an installer (you) at boot time. In addition,
the boot loader passes parameters to the linux kernel when it loads
and starts the kernel; a few of the parameters are used by the
kernel, but all the parameters are available to the Stage 1 program.
Some of these parameters are specific to an installation method (as
is the initial ram disk contained on the floppy/CD-ROM).</P>
<P CLASS="western">Consequently, the Auto Install diskette that you
created (at the end of your initial installation or from the Mandrake
Control Center on a running system) is set up to match the
installation method that was originally used. If you are planning
to install multiple computers the same way, then you are all set.</P>
<P CLASS="western">However, if you intend to change the installation
method, you will have to create your own Auto Install diskette (see
the section <A HREF="section7.html#Scratch_Built_Auto_Install_Diskette"><B><I>Scratch
Built Auto Install Diskette</I></B></A>). The reason for this is due
to the flexibility needed to support a variety of installation
methods and options. You just can not get it all on one diskette.
This is not as bad as you may think, since the most important file,
<A HREF="section4.html#Anatomy_of_the_auto_instcfg_File"><B><I><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT></I></B></A>,
is independent of the installation method.
</P>
<P CLASS="western">The following are going review the contents of the
configuration files as used by MandrakeSoft. For an in-depth
description of the capabilities of each loader, please visit their
web sites:</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">for GRUB see the site:
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub"><B><I>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub</I></B></A></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">for SYSLINUX/ISOLINUX see
the site: <A HREF="http://syslinux.zytor.com/"><B><I>http://syslinux.zytor.com</I></B></A></P>
<H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="General"></A>General</H2>
<P CLASS="western">Lets begin with samples of the configuration files
used for each boot loader. Please note the similarities /
differences as you examine them.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.74in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">
This is a fragment extracted from a <B><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">isolinux.cfg</FONT></B>
file used with a Network Services:NFS install:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">default linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">prompt 1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">timeout 50</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">display boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F1 help.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F2 advanced.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F3 boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">label linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">kernel
alt0/vmlinuz</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">append
ramdisk_size=128000 initrd=alt0/all.rdz root=/dev/ram3 acpi=ht
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">vga=788
kickstart=floppy automatic=method:nfs,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">server:fileserver,directory:/Mandrake/10.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">network:static,ip:192.168.5.202,netmask:255.255.255.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">gateway:192.168.5.253,dns:192.168.5.253
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
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</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.23in">All the text
starting with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>
through <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">255.255.255.0,</FONT> are
on <B>ONE</B> line.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; margin-top: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">
This is a fragment extracted from a <B><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">menu.lst</FONT></B>
file used with a Disk Install:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">timeout 5</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">default 0</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">fallback 0</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">title Mandrake Install</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">root (hd0,6)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">kernel /cooker/isolinux/alt0/vmlinuz
ramdisk_size=128000
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">root=/dev/ram3
acpi=ht vga=788 kickstart=floppy
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">automatic=method:disk,dis:hde,par:hde7,dir:/cooker,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">initrd /cooker/isolinux/alt0/all.rdz</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
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</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.23in">All the text
starting with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel</FONT>
through <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">cooker,</FONT> are on <B>ONE</B>
line.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; margin-top: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: always">
This is a fragment extracted from a <B><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT></B>
file used with a Network Services:NFS install.</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">default linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">prompt 1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">timeout 50</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">display boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F1 help.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F2 advanced.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F3 boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">label linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">kernel
vmlinuz</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">append
ramdisk_size=128000 initrd=network.rdz root=/dev/ram3 acpi=ht</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">vga=788
kickstart=floppy automatic=method:nfs,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">server:fileserver,directory:/Mandrake/10.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">network:static,ip:192.168.5.202,netmask:255.255.255.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">gateway:192.168.5.253,dns:192.168.5.253</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic1" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.23in">All the text
starting with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>
through <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">255.255.255.0,</FONT> are
on <B>ONE</B> line.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">As
you can see, the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">isolinux.cfg</FONT> files are
nearly identical but the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">menu.lst</FONT>
file is very different. Before we discuss these similarities /
differences, we need to review the basic organization of the files.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Each file contains a set of directives which
control the actions of the boot loader. These directives can be
divided into two groups; global directives and section specific
directives. The global ones control the operation of the boot
loader, whereas the section directives are only effective when the
installer (you) selects them.</P>
<P CLASS="western">The global directives usually occur at the
beginning of the file and specify things like which section is
selected by default, how long to wait for the installer to select a
section, etc.</P>
<P CLASS="western">The section specific directives are identified by
a line containing <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label <name></FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title <name></FONT> and are
followed by two or more lines which specify the kernel image to load
and, what parameters to pass to the kernel (and the Stage 1 program)
and the initial ram disk image to be used. The <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><name></FONT>
parameter is the value that an installer would type in (or select) at
the boot prompt to select a specific section other than the default
one.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Two of the above fragments , <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">isolinux.cfg</FONT>, are
virtually identical except for the <BR><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
alt0/vmlinuz</FONT> and the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd=alt0/all.rdz</FONT>.
These similarities are the result of the two boot loaders being
supplied by the same developer. The difference is simply due to the
placement of the files on the associated boot media.</P>
<P CLASS="western">The third fragment, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">menu.lst</FONT>,
is substantially different. This is due to the fact that a different
developer had a concept that differed from that of the developer of
the other two fragments.</P>
<P CLASS="western">However, the important part of these three
fragments begins with <B><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kickstart=</FONT></B>.
This is the start of the Stage 1 parameters and are the subject of
this section.</P>
<P CLASS="western">The section <A HREF="section7.html#Scratch_Built_Auto_Install_Diskette"><B><I>Scratch
Built Auto Install Diskette</I></B></A> will provide you with example
for all three boot loaders.</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="Directives"></A>
Directives</H2>
<P CLASS="western">The following details the purpose of the
directives that you can use in the three configuration files. You
should visit the web page for each boot loader for more information
regarding their capabilities and the options that are available to
you. MandrakeSoft only uses a subset because they are generating
"general purpose" files. You, on the other hand, are not
as limited.
</P>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Boot Graphics</P>
<P CLASS="western">If you want to change the default graphics
(<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">boot.msg</FONT>) for the syslinux or
isolinux boot loaders, you need to read the file
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/usr/share/doc/syslinux*/README.graphics</FONT>.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Global_Directives"></A>Global Directives</H3>
<P CLASS="western">The Global Directives are not method or mode
specific, rather they affect all methods / modes the same.</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Global_Directives_for_syslinux_isolinux"></A>
Global Directives for syslinux / isolinux</H4>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=74*>
<COL WIDTH=182*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if the user presses
ENTER or the optional <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout</FONT>
expires, this tells the loader to locate the section with the
label <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">linux</FONT> and begin
booting the kernel as defined by the lines after the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
<name></FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">prompt 1</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the loader
to prompt the user to enter an alternate label rather than just
using the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT> section.
You can have several different boot scenarios in this file, which
is the reason that the generated file has so much in it. This
parameter is optional, removing it means the installer (you) will
not have the ability to select an alternate boot section.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout 50</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the loader
to give the installer (you) 5 seconds to begin entering another
label before using the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT>
section and continuing on with the boot/install process. This
parameter is optional and is not necessary if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">prompt</FONT>
is not used.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">display
boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the loader
to display the contents of the specified file before presenting a
prompt. This is optional, but it may be a good idea to remind
the installer what is being installed. If you want a flashy
graphic message, then see the file
<BR>/<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">usr/share/doc/syslinux*/README.graphics</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F1 help.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if the user presses
the F1 key, then display the specified file's contents. This
parameter and associated file are optional.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F2 advanced.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if the user presses
the F2 key, then display the specified file's contents. This
parameter and associated file are optional.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F3 boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if the user presses
the F3 key, then display the specified file's contents. This
parameter and associated file are optional.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this names a section
that defines specific information that the loader uses for booting
Stage 1 of the installation process. The value associated with
any section label can be typed by the user at the prompt to
instruct the loader to find the specific section, rather than use
the one named by the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT>
directive.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Global_Directives_for_grub"></A>Global
Directives for grub</H4>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=74*>
<COL WIDTH=182*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default 0</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if the optional
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout</FONT> expires, this tells
the loader to locate the first section with the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title</FONT>
keyword and begin booting the kernel as defined by the lines after
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title</FONT>. As usual, the
debate about 0 meaning first continues.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">fallback 0</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the loader
to use an alternate section should a error be encountered with the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT> section. This
parameter is optional, removing it means the installer will not
have the ability to select an alternate boot section.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout 5</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the loader
to give the user 5 seconds to select another section (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title</FONT>)
before using the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT>
and continuing on with the boot/install process. A value of <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0</FONT>
means wait forever.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this names a section
that defines specific information that the loader uses for booting
Stage 1 of the installation process. The value associated with
any section label can be selected by the user at the prompt to
instruct the loader to find the specific section, rather than use
the one identified by the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT>
directive.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Section_Directives"></A>Section
Directives</H3>
<P CLASS="western">Section directives are preceded with the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label</FONT>
(or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">title</FONT>) directive.</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Section_Directives_for_syslinux_ isolinux"></A>
Section Directives for syslinux / isolinux</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">In this case, a
section contains a <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel</FONT> and
an <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT> directive (see the
section <A HREF="section6.html#Advanced_Features"><B><I>Advanced Features</I></B></A>
for special options).
</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=273>
<COL WIDTH=575>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=273 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
vmlinuz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is the name of
the file containing the compressed kernel image to load and start.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=273 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append=...</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is a list of
space separated parameters passed to the kernel when the loader
starts it.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">If
you look in the file that was generated, you will find a number of
sections (choices) that an installer could select. Each has a
different effect or purpose which the following table briefly
describes:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=73*>
<COL WIDTH=183*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vgalo,
vgahi, vga16</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Are just different
resolutions for graphic installs.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">text</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Is a text based
install.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">expert</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Has the advantage of
disabling Automatic Hardware Detection.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">rescue</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Allows you to repair
an already installed system using the CD-ROM.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">patch</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Allows you to install
a patch from a floppy diskette.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">acpi</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Enables the Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface. The other sections limit the
ACPI to boot time enumeration. See the kernel documentation for
more details.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=29% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">memtest</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=71%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Starts the stand-alone
memory test. <B>NOTE</B>: only available when using the CD-ROM
created from the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">boot.iso</FONT>
image.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="Section_Directives_for_grub"></A>
Section Directives for grub</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">In this case, a
section contains a <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel</FONT> and
an <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd</FONT> directive (see the
section <A HREF="section6.html#Advanced_Features"><B><I>Advanced Features</I></B></A>
for special options).
</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=272>
<COL WIDTH=575>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">root
(hd0,6)</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this tells the boot
loader what disk drive and partition on the hard disk, as seen
from the BIOSs' perspective, where the specified kernel and
initial ram disk can be found.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">This can be really
tricky for those of you, like me, using a mother board with a
'promise' controller (possibly others) that an installed system
sees as <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/dev/hde</FONT> but the
BIOS sees it as the first hard drive.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic79" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Mandrake has provided
a web page to help you solve this little pain in the butt at:
<A HREF="http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/hd_grub.cgi"><B><I>http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/hd_grub.cgi</I></B></A>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
...</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is a list of
space separated parameters passed to the kernel when the loader
starts it. The name of the compressed kernel image is specified
here and the boot loader installs it into memory before activating
it and passing it the parameters.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd
...</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=575>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is the location
of the initial ram disk image that is loaded and used to create a
temporary file system for the kernel when the loader starts it.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.1in"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="Stage_1_Parameters"></A>
Stage 1 Parameters</H2>
<P CLASS="western">DrakX supports a substantial number of parameters
that can be used to control its operation. This section will
describe just the ones that affect the Automated Install.</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=60>
<COL WIDTH=787>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_m199b468e.png" NAME="Graphic4" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=29 HEIGHT=28 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=787>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in">You are going to
get caught with this one so I will tell you now; the kernel will
only pass a <B>maximum</B> of 256 characters from the 'append'
(or 'kernel') line through to the Stage 1 installer, so be
careful.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">If you examine the configuration file fragments
closely, you will notice that there are a few kernel parameters
present. These are normally placed at the end of the 'append' (or
'kernel') line so that the 256 character limit can be fully used for
parameters passed to the Stage 1 installer. For the convenience of
this documents text, I placed them at the end.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="General_Parameters"></A>General
Parameters</H3>
<P CLASS="western">The following are common and not related to a
specific method or mode but they are specific to the boot loader
used.</P>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0.15in"><A NAME="General_Paramters_for_syslinux_isolinux"></A>
General Paramters for syslinux / isolinux</H4>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kickstart=floppy
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required, do not
change. This actually causes the installer to look on the floppy
diskette for the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT>
file.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">An interesting tidbit;
if you omit this option and set the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=</FONT>
option, you can do GUI based installs without having to enter the
method information each time. Of course the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT>
file, if present, is ignored.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netauto</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optional, this
parameter is required if you are using a DHCP server to provide
the name of the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT>
file. See the section <A HREF="section6.html#DHCP_Server"><B><I>Advanced
Features - DHCP Server</I></B></A>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ramdisk_size=128000</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required kernel
parameter, do not change.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">root=/dev/ram3</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required kernel
parameter, do not change.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">acpi=ht</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optional kernel
parameter, dependent on your motherboard. For more details check
the kernel document <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga=788</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required, can be
changed. Generally, this parameter affects the GUI installation,
but it does have interesting effects when used in the Automated
install. If you want details, then check out the kernel
documents: <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/svga.txt</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/i386/boot.txt</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">text</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x25 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga16</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x25 text, 640 x 480
GUI</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">785</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x30 text, 640 x 480
GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">100x37 text, 800 x 600
GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">791</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">130x48 text, 1024 x
768 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">794</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">158x64 text, 1280 x
1024 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=30 VALIGN=TOP>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in">Others you can play
with:</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f01</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x50 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f02</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x43 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f03</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x28 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f05</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x30 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f06</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x34 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f07</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x60 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0122</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">100x30 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Ask</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">prompt for desired
video characteristics to use. You can use this to determine the
selections actually available for your video card.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd=network.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required, changes
based on the type of method being used:</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">cdrom.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">for CD-ROM</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hd_grub.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">for Hard Disk</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">for Network Services</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">all.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used with 'boot.iso'</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=35%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">pcmcia.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=65%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">for PCMCIA devices</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: auto"><A NAME="General_Parameters_for_grub"></A>
General Parameters for grub</H4>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kickstart=floppy
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required, do not
change. This actually causes the installer to look on the floppy
diskette for the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT>
file.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">An interesting tidbit;
if you omit this option and set the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=</FONT>
option, you can do GUI based installs without having to enter the
method information each time. Of course the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">auto_inst.cfg</FONT>
file, if present, is ignored.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ramdisk_size=128000</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required kernel
parameter, do not change.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">root=/dev/ram3</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required kernel
parameter, do not change.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">acpi=ht</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optional kernel
parameter, dependent on your motherboard. For more details check
the kernel document <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga=788</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">required, can be
changed. Generally, this parameter affects the GUI installation,
but it does have interesting effects when used in the Automated
install. If you want details, then check out the kernel
documents: <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/svga.txt</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Documentation/i386/boot.txt</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">text</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x25 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga16</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x25 text, 640 x 480
GUI</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">785</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x30 text, 640 x 480
GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">100x37 text, 800 x 600
GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">791</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">130x48 text, 1024 x
768 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">794</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">158x64 text, 1280 x
1024 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=88*>
<COL WIDTH=168*>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=30 VALIGN=TOP>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in">Others you can play
with:</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f01</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x50 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f02</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x43 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f03</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x28 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f05</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x30 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f06</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x34 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f07</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">80x60 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0122</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">100x30 text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=34% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Ask</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=66%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">prompt for desired
video characteristics to use. You can use this to determine the
selections actually available for your video card.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Method_Parameters"></A>Method Parameters</H3>
<P CLASS="western">The <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic</FONT>
parameter is used to select the install method type (cdrom, disk,
nfs, ftp or http) and to specify additional parameters as necessary.
Any additional parameters are appended after the method type, with
each being separated by a COMMA (,) rather than a SPACE. It uses the
following general form:</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:<type>,<parameter>:<value>,</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western">The following are a summary of the method
parameters grouped by method type along with any special notes. The
additional parameters are simply concatenated together to form a
single comma separated string.</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="CD-ROM"></A>CD-ROM</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:cdrom,</FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic5" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">For</SPAN>
those of you that are using CD-ROMs as the source media, the
option <A HREF="section4-11.html#interactive"><B><I>interactive</I></B></A> (see
the section <A HREF="section4.html#Anatomy_of_the_auto_instcfg_File"><B><I>Anatomy
of the 'auto_inst.cfg' File</I></B></A>) is especially pertinent
to package installation from more than the first CD.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">allows you to preset
the domain name for the computer.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">allows you to set the
host name for the computer.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Disk"></A>Disk</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:disk,</FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/Mandrake/10.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">root directory where
the files are found or, it may also specify the location and name
of an ISO image (this image must be the 'first' CD's ISO image).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic6" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western">If you specify an ISO file name, then you will
be limited to installing <B>ONLY</B> those packages which are
available in that ISO image. You will not be able to install
packages from the other ISO images which form the complete set.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">disk:hda,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">disk drive containing
the directory or ISO image.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">allows you to preset
the domain name for the computer.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">allows you to set the
host name for the computer.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">partition:hda6,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">partition number of
the specified disk drive containing the directory or ISO image.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</H4>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="NFS_Network_Services"></A>
NFS Network Services</H4>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:nfs,</FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=173>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the ethernet
interface to use (eg. eth0, eth5, etc.). It is only required
when there is more than 1 ethernet interface. This feature can
only be used if DrakX can auto detect ALL the ethernet cards.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The trick when
installing with multiple network card is convincing the computer
that the ethX you specify is the same one it thinks is ethX. If
you do not use the interface parameter, DrakX will ask you which
one you want and then it will prompt you for the relevant
information based on your specified method.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">machine where the
installable files are located, can be an IP or a host.domain (or
host).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/Mandrake/10.0,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">root directory where
the files are found.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means you are going to
specify the necessary IP information;</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it for this
machine.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it's netmask.
This is optional and is only required if you are using a
non-standard netmask.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the gateway's
IP. This is optional and should only be included if the specified
fileserver is not located on the same subnet.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=101>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the IP for the
DNS server. Up to three DNS servers can be specified, each IP is
separated by a comma. This is optional and should not be included
if you do not have or use a DNS server. If it is not included,
then the server: option must contain an IP address instead of a
name.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the dhcp server.
Depending on how the dhcp and DNS servers are configured, the host
name and domain name may also be supplied.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the ADSL service
provider when you connect.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user name, as
required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=36>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">password, as required,
to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic7" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western">If you have selected <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT>
be aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to preset the domain name for the computer. This parameter is
only required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the domain
name from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to set the host name for the computer. This parameter is only
required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the host name
from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="FTP_Network_Services"></A>FTP Network
Services</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:ftp,</FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: auto">
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=173>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the ethernet
interface to use (eg. eth0, eth5, etc.). It is only required
when there is more than 1 ethernet interface. This feature can
only be used if DrakX can auto detect ALL the ethernet cards.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The trick when
installing with multiple network card is convincing the computer
that the ethX you specify is the same one it thinks is ethX. If
you do not use the interface parameter, DrakX will ask you which
one you want and then it will prompt you for the relevant
information based on your specified method.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">machine where the
installable files are located, can be an IP or a host.domain (or
host).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/Mandrake/10.0,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">root directory where
the files are found.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; page-break-after: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-after: auto">
means you are going to specify the necessary IP information;</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it for this
machine.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it's netmask.
This is optional and is only required if you are using a
non-standard netmask.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the gateway's
IP. This is optional and should only be included if the specified
fileserver is not located on the same subnet.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=101>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the IP for the
DNS server. Up to three DNS servers can be specified, each IP is
separated by a comma. This is optional and should not be included
if you do not have or use a DNS server. If it is not included,
then the server: option must contain an IP address instead of a
name.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the dhcp server.
Depending on how the dhcp and DNS servers are configured, the host
name and domain name may also be supplied.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the ADSL service
provider when you connect.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user name, as
required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">password, as required,
to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic10" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western">If you have selected <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT>
be aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: auto">
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to preset the domain name for the computer. This parameter is
only required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the domain
name from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to set the host name for the computer. This parameter is only
required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the host name
from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">user:anonymous,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user name, as
required, for ftp login.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">pass:david@eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">pass word, as
required, for ftp login.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">proxy_host:prx.eastcott.net,</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally specifies
the gateway to contact the real ftp host.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">proxy_port:8080,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used with proxy_host
to specify the port number to be used.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: auto"><A NAME="HTTP_Network_Services"></A>
HTTP Network Services</H4>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in; widows: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:http,</FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: auto">
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=173>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the ethernet
interface to use (eg. eth0, eth5, etc.). It is only required
when there is more than 1 ethernet interface. This feature can
only be used if DrakX can auto detect ALL the ethernet cards.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">The trick when
installing with multiple network card is convincing the computer
that the ethX you specify is the same one it thinks is ethX. If
you do not use the interface parameter, DrakX will ask you which
one you want and then it will prompt you for the relevant
information based on your specified method.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">machine where the
installable files are located, can be an IP or a host.domain (or
host).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/Mandrake/10.0,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">root directory where
the files are found.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means you are going to
specify the necessary IP information;</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it for this
machine.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is it's netmask.
This is optional and is only required if you are using a
non-standard netmask.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the gateway's
IP. This is optional and should only be included if the specified
fileserver is not located on the same subnet.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">what is the IP for the
DNS server. Up to three DNS servers can be specified, each IP is
separated by a comma. This is optional and should not be included
if you do not have or use a DNS server. If it is not included,
then the server: option must contain an IP address instead of a
name.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the dhcp server.
Depending on how the dhcp and DNS servers are configured, the host
name and domain name may also be supplied.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">or</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">means the IP, netmask,
gateway and dns parameters are provided by the ADSL service
provider when you connect.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user name, as
required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=42% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=58%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">password, as required,
to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic11" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western">If you have selected <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT>
be aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=109*>
<COL WIDTH=147*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=43% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=57%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to preset the domain name for the computer. This parameter is
only required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the domain
name from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=43% HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=57%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally allows you
to set the host name for the computer. This parameter is only
required if the stage 1 installer can not obtain the host name
from your DNS Server for the IP address that you specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=43% HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">proxy_host:prxy.eastcott.net,</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=57%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">optionally specifies
the gateway to contact the real http host.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=43% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">proxy_port:8080,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=57%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used with proxy_host
to specify the port number to be used.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="DHCP_Notes"></A>
DHCP Notes</H4>
<P CLASS="western">Documenting how you should use the network:dhcp
option and the related domain and hostname options is difficult since
they are highly dependent on the characteristics and interactions of
your DHCP and DNS servers. In addition to the conventional servers,
there are a number of devices capable of acting as DHCP servers for a
LAN which are designed primarily for use in the Windows world and may
require a bit of effort on your part to get it working.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Since there are may ways to set the DHCP / DNS
servers up, I will present a few of the more common arrangements and
what may be required for the Stage 1 installer. These are by no
means the only ways.</P>
<P CLASS="western">DHCP servers can be configured to provide IP, host
name and domain name information based solely on the ethernet address
of the network card in a computer. An associated DNS server can be
pre-configured with the IP and host name association, or the DHCP
server can inform the DNS server of the IP/name association (Dynamic
DNS). In this case all that is required is the network:dhcp,
parameter.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Another configuration scenario is where the
computer must supply a host name when requesting IP information, then
the DHCP server will return the IP, host name, and domain name
information. This is the usual case for most Cable Modem connections
and is the behaviour exhibited by most Windows based computers.
Again, the DNS server can be pre-configured with the association or
the DHCP server can inform it with the necessary information (DDNS).
In this case, both the network:dhcp, and hostname:linux1,
parameters are required.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Finally, there is the case where the DHCP server
does not return the host name or domain name to be used, and/or the
DNS server does not contain the IP to name association or is not
informed by the DHCP server. In this case you will need to supply
all three parameters,
network:dhcp,hostname:linux1,domain:eastcott.net.</P>
<P CLASS="western">The Stage 1 installer passes what ever information
it is provided (from the parameters supplied, from the DHCP server or
the DNS server) to the stage 2 installer to set up the final
configuration for your computer. Your actual DHCP / DNS environment
will have an impact on two possible aspects of an automated install.
For NFS installs, if the IP that you are assigned does not have an
associated host name that the NFS server can obtain from a DNS
server, you will have to ensure that the NFS server is set for IP
authentication rather than name authentication (see the section
<A HREF="section9.html#Setting_up_a_Simple_NFS_Server"><B><I>Setting up a Simple
NFS Server</I></B></A>, Step 5). Also, the DHCP server can be
configured to supply the name and location of the auto_inst.cfg file
(see the section <A HREF="section6.html#DHCP_Server"><B><I>DHCP Server</I></B></A>)
in the <A HREF="section6.html#Advanced_Features"><B><I>Advanced Features</I></B></A>
section of this document.</P>
<P CLASS="western">Regardless of how you think every things is
supposed to work, you are advised to discuss things with your network
administrator and experiment a bit to determine the best approach(s)
for your actual environment.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Method_Parameter_Aliases"></A>Method
Parameter Aliases</H3>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in">The problem of the
256 character line length can be mitigated somewhat by the use of
aliases for some of the parameters as follows:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=72*>
<COL WIDTH=184*>
<THEAD>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in"><FONT SIZE=3><I><U><B>Full
Name</B></U></I></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT SIZE=3><I><U><B>Alias</B></U></I></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">adslpass</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">adslp</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">adsluser</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">adslu</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">directory</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">dir</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">disk</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">dis</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">domain</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">dom</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">gateway</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">gat</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">hostname</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">hos</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">interface</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">int</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">method</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">met</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">netmask</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">netm</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">network</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">netw</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">password</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">pass</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">partition</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">par</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">proxy_host</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">proxh</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">proxy_port</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">proxp</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=24>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">server</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">ser</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=28% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 1in">user</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=72%>
<P CLASS="western">use</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">By rewriting one of
the fragments from the beginning of this section using the aliases,
you get the following:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">default linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">prompt 1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">timeout 50</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">display boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F1 help.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F2 advanced.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">F3 boot.msg</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">label linux</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">kernel
vmlinuz</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">append
kickstart=floppy automatic=met:nfs,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">ser:fileserver,dir:/Mandrake/10.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">netw:static,ip:192.168.5.202,netm:255.255.255.0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">gat:192.168.5.253,dns:192.168.5.253
ramdisk_size=128000</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">initrd=network.rdz
root=/dev/ram3 acpi=ht vga=788</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=19*>
<COL WIDTH=237*>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=7% HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic8" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=93%>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.23in">All the text
starting with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>
through <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT> are on <B>ONE</B>
line.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">For those of you who noticed, this example is now
passed through to the Stage 1 installer intact (which, by the way,
the original fragment is not).</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
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