<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Auto Install for Mandrakelinux</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 (Linux)"> <META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="David Eastcott"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20040221;10385500"> <META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="David Eastcott"> <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20040502;8530300"> <META NAME="CLASSIFICATION" CONTENT="DrakX Auto Install Reference"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="DrakX Autoinstall"> <STYLE> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 1in } P { margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } P.western { font-size: 10pt; font-weight: medium } P.text-body-indent-western { margin-left: 0.2in; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: medium } P.text-body-indent-cjk { margin-left: 0.2in } P.text-body-indent-ctl { margin-left: 0.2in } H1 { margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: always } H1.western { font-family: "Times" } H1.cjk { font-family: "Mincho"; font-size: 16pt } H1.ctl { font-family: "Lucidasans"; font-size: 16pt } H2 { margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } H2.western { font-family: "Times"; font-style: normal } H2.cjk { font-family: "Mincho"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic } H2.ctl { font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic } H3 { margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } H3.western { font-family: "Times" } H3.cjk { font-family: "Mincho" } H4 { margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } H4.western { font-family: "Times"; font-style: normal } H4.cjk { font-family: "Mincho"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic } H4.ctl { font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic } TD P { margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } TD P.western { font-size: 10pt; font-weight: medium } TH P { margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.08in; page-break-before: auto } TH P.western { font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic } TH P.cjk { font-style: italic } TH P.ctl { font-style: italic } P.headings-special-western { margin-top: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; page-break-after: avoid } P.headings-special-cjk { margin-top: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; page-break-after: avoid } P.headings-special-ctl { margin-top: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; page-break-after: avoid } P.closecode-western { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: "Courier", monospace; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: medium } P.closecode-cjk { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0in } P.closecode-ctl { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0in } P.coderef-western { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0.08in; font-family: "Courier", monospace; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: medium } P.coderef-cjk { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0.08in } P.coderef-ctl { margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF"> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="CENTER"> Auto Install for Mandrakelinux</TH></TR><TR> <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> <A HREF="section4.html">Prev</A></TD><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></TD> <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> <A HREF="section4-2.html">Next</A></TD></TR></TABLE><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"> <H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="Options_Summary"></A> Options Summary</H2> <P CLASS="western">There are a substantial number of options (choices) that are available to you and the following is a brief summary of the ones that you can preset (just to wet your appetite). You will find detailed descriptions for each, along with examples, on the subsequent pages.</P> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </P> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=40*> <COL WIDTH=70*> <COL WIDTH=42*> <COL WIDTH=104*> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-19.html#mkbootdisk"><B><I>mkbootdisk</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-3.html#autoExitInstall"><B><I>autoExitInstall</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-20.html#mouse"><B><I>mouse</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-4.html#autologin"><B><I>autologin</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-21.html#netc"><B><I>netc</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-5.html#bootloader"><B><I>bootloader</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-22.html#nomouseprobe"><B><I>nomouseprobe</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-6.html#compssListLevel"><B><I>compssListLevel</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-23.html#partitioning"><B><I>partitioning</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-7.html#compssUsersChoice"><B><I>compssUsersChoice</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-24.html#partitions"><B><I>partitions</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-8.html#default_packages"><B><I>default_packages</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><I><B><A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted">postInstall</A></B></I></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-9.html#desktop"><B><I>desktop</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><I><B><A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted">postInstallNonRooted</A></B></I></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-10.html#excludedocs"><B><I>excludedocs</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-26.html#printer"><B><I>printer</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-11.html#interactive"><B><I>interactive</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-27.html#security"><B><I>security</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-12.html#interactiveSteps"><B><I>interactiveSteps</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-28.html#security_user"><B><I>sercurity_user</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>intf</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-29.html#services"><B><I>services</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-14.html#isUpgrade"><B><I>isUpgrade</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-30.html#superuser"><B><I>superuser</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-15.html#keyboard"><B><I>keyboard</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-31.html#timezone"><B><I>timezone</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-16.html#locale"><B><I>locale</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-32.html#users"><B><I>users</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-17.html#manualFstab"><B><I>manualFstab</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><B>M</B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-33.html#useSupermount"><B><I>useSupermount</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-18.html#miscellaneous"><B><I>miscellaneous</I></B></A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-34.html#X"><B><I>X</I></B></A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=16% HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western"><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=27%> <P CLASS="western"><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=16%> <P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=41%> <P CLASS="western"><BR> </P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </P> <P CLASS="western">There have been some additions and a number changes to the various options since the previous release of Mandrakelinux<FONT FACE="Times, serif">™</FONT>. I have added an indicator: <B>N (new)</B>, <B>C (important changes to content)</B> or <B>M (modified, added or deleted capability</B>) to the left of each affected option listed above.</P> <P CLASS="western"><B>Additional notes</B>: wacom is now defined in the <A HREF="section4-20.html#mouse"><B><I>'mouse'</I></B></A> option.</P> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </P> <HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="section4.html">Prev</A></TD><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="index.html">Home</A></TD> <TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="section4-2.html">Next</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Anatomy of the 'auto_inst.cfg' File</TD> <TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP">authentication</TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>