<!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="section4-10.html">Prev</A></TD><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></TD> <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> <A HREF="section4-12.html">Next</A></TD></TR></TABLE><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"> <H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="interactive"></A> interactive</H2> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">This option is used when you are doing auto installs from CD-ROM and some of the packages to be installed are on the 2nd or 3rd CD. Or if you would simply like a graphic display showing the installation progress, rather than the simplistic text which is the default for an automated 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">'interactive' => 'newt',</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P> <TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=241> <COL WIDTH=606> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=30> <P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'interactive'</FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=606> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Selects the method of graphic presentation:</P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=241> <P CLASS="western"><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=606> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'newt'</FONT> - simple graphical interface (for the memory limited).</P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48> <P CLASS="western"><BR> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=606> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'gtk'</FONT> - full graphical presentation similar to the GUI based install.</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P CLASS="western">The default operation of DrakX for automated installs does not allow for any interaction with the installer: Insert boot floppy, press reset and go for coffee. This approach works very well when installing via a network, but is inconvenient when using CDs and, some of the needed packages are on the second or third CD (they are skipped and you have to manually install them).</P> <P CLASS="western">The interactive option allows you to perform a CD based auto install and have DrakX prompt you when it needs a different CD.</P> <P CLASS="headings-special-western">Related Option Entries:</P> <P CLASS="western">none.</P> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </P> <P CLASS="western"><BR><BR> </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="section4-10.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="section4-12.html">Next</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">excludedocs</TD> <TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP">interactiveSteps</TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>