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<H1 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="Anatomy_of_the_syslinuxcfg_File"></A>
Anatomy of the 'syslinux.cfg' File</H1>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>SYSLINUX is a light weight
boot loader used to start Stage 1 of the Mandrake Linux installation.
The file, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'syslinux.cfg'</FONT>, is
used to specify what the boot loader is suppose to do and what
options, if any, are available to an installer (you) at boot time.
In addition, SYSLINUX passes parameters to the linux kernel when it
loads and starts the kernel; a few of the parameters are used by the
kernel and some are passed on 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).</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">However, if you intend to
change the installation method, you will have to create your own Auto
Install diskette (see the section </FONT></FONT><A HREF="section7.html#Scratch_Built_Auto_Install_Diskette"><B><I><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">Scratch
Built Auto Install Diskette</FONT></FONT></I></B></A><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">).
</FONT></FONT>The reason for this is due<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
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,
</FONT></FONT><A HREF="section4.html#Anatomy_of_the_auto_instcfg_File"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'auto_inst.cfg'</FONT></FONT></A><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">,
is independent of the installation method. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The following are going review
the contents of the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'syslinux.cfg'</FONT>
file as used by MandrakeSoft. For an in depth description of the
capabilities of SYSLINUX see the web site:
<A HREF="http://syslinux.zytor.com/">http://syslinux.zytor.com</A>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="General_syslinuxcfg"></A>General</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The contents of the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'syslinux.cfg'</FONT> file are 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 (selection is accomplished by
typing the name of the sections' label in response to the boot
prompt).</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The following is a fragment
extracted from a <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'syslinux.cfg'</FONT>
file used with a Network Services:NFS install.</FONT></FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<COL WIDTH=256*>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default
linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">prompt
1</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout
50</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">display
boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F1
help.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F2
advanced.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F3
boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.9in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
vmlinuz</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.9in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append
kickstart=floppy automatic=method:nfs,</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,directory:/mnt/mass/Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,ip:192.168.5.202,netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,dns:192.168.5.253,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ramdisk_size=32000
initrd=network.rdz root=/dev/ram3 vga=788</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NOTE</B>: All the text
starting with '<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>' through
'<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT>' are on <B>ONE</B> line.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>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
enter a section label, etc.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">The section specific
directives are identified by a line containing </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
<name></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif"> and followed by two
lines which specify the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
image to load and, what parameters (</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">)
to pass to the kernel (and the Stage 1 program). The </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><name>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">parameter is the value that an
installer would type in at the boot prompt to select a specific
section other than the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">one.</FONT></FONT></P>
<H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Directives"></A>Directives</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
The following details the purpose of the directives that you can use
in the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'syslinux.cfg'</FONT> file.
You should check out the <A HREF="http://syslinux.zytor.com/">Syslinux</A>
web page for more information regarding its 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. Besides, if you want flashy
color or graphics then you will find the pertinent information there.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Global_Directives"></A><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Global
Directives</FONT></FONT></H3>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
The Global Directives are not method or mode specific, rather they
affect all methods/modes the same.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default
linux</FONT></SPAN> - if the user presses ENTER or the optional
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout</FONT> expires, this tells
the loader to locate the section <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
linux</FONT> and begin booting the kernel as defined by the lines
after the label.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT SIZE=2><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">prompt
1</FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Times, serif"> - this tells the loader to
prompt the user to enter an alternate label rather than just using
the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
one. 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 will not have
the ability to select an alternate boot section.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout
50</FONT></SPAN> - this tells the loader to give the user 5 seconds
to begin entering another label before using the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT>
one 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">display
boot.msg</FONT> </SPAN>- 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.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F1
help.msg</FONT></SPAN> - if the user presses the F1 key, then display
the specified file's contents. This parameter and associated file
are optional.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F2
advanced.msg</FONT></SPAN> - if the user presses the F2 key, then
display the specified file's contents. This parameter and associated
file are optional.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F3
boot.msg</FONT></SPAN> - if the user presses the F3 key, then display
the specified file's contents. This parameter and associated file
are optional.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
linux</FONT> </SPAN>- this names a section that defines specific
information that the loader uses for booting Stage 1 of the
installation process. <FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
directive.</FONT></FONT></P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Section_Directives"></A>Section
Directives</H3>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Section directives are
preceded with the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label</FONT>
directive. 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_Featues"><B><I>Advanced Features</I></B></A>
for special options). </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
vmlinuz</FONT></SPAN> - this is the name of the file containing the
compressed kernel image to load and start.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append=...</FONT></SPAN>
- this is a list of space separated parameters passed to the kernel
when the loader starts it.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>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:</FONT></FONT></P>
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<DD>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>vgalo,
vgahi, vga16</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=474>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Are
just different resolutions for graphic installs</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=102 HEIGHT=29>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>text</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=474>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Is
a text based install</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=102 HEIGHT=29>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>expert</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=474>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Has
the advantage of disabling Automatic Hardware Detection</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=102 HEIGHT=29>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>rescue</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=474>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Allows
you to repair an already installed system using the CD-ROM.</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=102 HEIGHT=29>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>patch</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=474>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.15in; margin-top: 0.15in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Allows
you to install a patch from a floppy diskette.</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
</P>
<H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="append_Parameters"></A>'append'
Parameters</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NOTE</B>: 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 '<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>'
line through to the Stage 1 installer, so be careful.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
DrakX supports a substantial number of parameters that can be used to
control its operation. This document will describe just the ones
that affect the Automated Install.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="General_Parameters"></A>General
Parameters</H3>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
The following are common and not related to a specific method or
mode:</P>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kickstart=floppy</FONT></SPAN>
- 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><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
</FONT>file.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">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>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ramdisk_size=32000</FONT></SPAN>
- required, do not change.</P>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">root=/dev/ram3</FONT></SPAN>
- required, do not change.</P>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga=788
</FONT></SPAN>- 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>
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<DL>
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<DD>
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<COL WIDTH=96>
<COL WIDTH=264>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">text </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"> 80x25
text</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">vga16 </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"> 80x25
text, 640 x 480 GUI</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=96 VALIGN=BOTTOM SDVAL="785" SDNUM="1033;">
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">785</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264 VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"> 80x30
text, 640 x 480 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=96 VALIGN=BOTTOM SDVAL="788" SDNUM="1033;">
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264 VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"> 100x37
text, 800 x 600 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=96 VALIGN=BOTTOM SDVAL="791" SDNUM="1033;">
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>791</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264 VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>
130x48 text, 1024 x 768 GUI (frame buffer)</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=96 VALIGN=BOTTOM SDVAL="794" SDNUM="1033;">
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">794</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264 VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"> 158x64
text, 1280 x 1024 GUI (frame buffer)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DL>
</DL>
</DL>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Others you can play with:</FONT></FONT></P>
<DL>
<DL>
<DL>
<DD>
<TABLE WIDTH=360 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: avoid">
<COL WIDTH=96>
<COL WIDTH=264>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f01</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x50
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f02</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x43
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f03</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x28
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f05</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x30
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f06</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x34
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0f07</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">80x60
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0x0122</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">100x30
text</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Ask</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=264>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">prompt
for desired video characteristics to use. You can use this to
determine the selections actually available for your video
card.</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DL>
</DL>
</DL>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd=network.rdz</FONT>
</SPAN>- required, changes based on the type of method being used:</P>
<DL>
<DL>
<DL>
<DD>
<TABLE WIDTH=432 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=120>
<COL WIDTH=312>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=120>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">cdrom.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=312>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto">for
CD-ROM</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=120>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hd.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=312>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto">for Hard
Disk</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=120>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=312>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto">for
Network Services</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=120>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">usb.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=312>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto">for
Network Services or CD-ROM/RW accessed via a USB device</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=120>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">pcmcia.rdz</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=312>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.1in; page-break-before: auto">for
PCMCIA devices</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DL>
</DL>
</DL>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Method_Parameters"></A>Method Parameters</H3>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">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:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">automatic=method:<type>,<parameter>:<value>,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
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 STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="CD-ROM"></A>CD-ROM</H4>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>automatic=method:cdrom,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<B>NOTE:</B> for those of you that are using CD-ROMs as the source
media, the option <A HREF="section4-11.html#interactive">interactive</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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- allows you to preset the domain name for the computer.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></SPAN>
- allows you to set the host name for the computer.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Disk"></A>Disk</H4>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>automatic=method:disk,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<B>NOTE:</B> If you specify an ISO file name, then you will be
limited to installing ONLY 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">disk:hda,</FONT></SPAN>
- disk drive containing the directory or ISO image.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- allows you to preset the domain name for the computer.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></SPAN>
- allows you to set the host name for the computer.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">partition:hda6,</FONT></SPAN>
- partition name of specified disk drive containing the directory or
ISO image.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="NFS_Network_Services"></A>NFS Network
Services</H4>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>automatic=method:nfs,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></SPAN>
- specifies the ethernet interface to use (eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth0</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth5</FONT>, 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 STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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
</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
parameter, DrakX will ask you which one you want and then it will
prompt you for the relevant information based on your specified
method.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></SPAN>
- machine where the installable files are located, can be an IP or a
host.domain (or host).</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/mnt/mass/Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- root directory where the files are found.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></SPAN>
- means you are going to specify the necessary IP information;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it for this machine.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it's netmask. This is optional and is only required if you
are using a non-standard netmask.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is the gateway's IP. This is optional and should only be
included if the specified <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">fileserver</FONT>
is not located on the same subnet.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,</FONT>
</SPAN>- 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 <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:</FONT>
option must contain an IP address instead of a name.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></SPAN>
- means the IP, netmask, gateway and dns parameters are provided by
the ADSL service provider when you connect.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></SPAN>
- user name, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></SPAN>
- password, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.24in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif"><B>NOTE</B>: If you have
selected </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">,
be aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: auto">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="FTP_Network_Services"></A>FTP Network
Services</H4>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>automatic=method:ftp,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></SPAN>
- specifies the ethernet interface to use (eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth0</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth5</FONT>, 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 STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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
</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
parameter, DrakX will ask you which one you want and then it will
prompt you for the relevant information based on your specified
method.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></SPAN>
- machine where the installable files are located, can be an IP or a
host.domain (or host).</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/mnt/mass/Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- root directory where the files are found.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></SPAN>
- means you are going to specify the necessary IP information;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it for this machine.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it's netmask. This is optional and is only required if you
are using a non-standard netmask.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is the gateway's IP. This is optional and should only be
included if the specified <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">fileserver</FONT>
is not located on the same subnet.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,</FONT>
</SPAN>- 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 <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:</FONT>
option must contain an IP address instead of a name.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></SPAN>
- means the IP, netmask, gateway and dns parameters are provided by
the ADSL service provider when you connect.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></SPAN>
- user name, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></SPAN>
- password, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.24in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: auto">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NOTE</B>: If you have
selected <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl</FONT>, be
aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">user:anonymous,</FONT></SPAN>
- user name, as required, for ftp login.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">pass:david@eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- pass word, as required, for ftp login.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: auto">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<H4 CLASS="western"><A NAME="HTTP_Network_Services"></A>HTTP Network
Services</H4>
<P STYLE="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; font-weight: medium; page-break-after: avoid">
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>automatic=method:http,</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface:eth1,</FONT></SPAN>
- specifies the ethernet interface to use (eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth0</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">eth5</FONT>, 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 STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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
</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">interface</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
parameter, DrakX will ask you which one you want and then it will
prompt you for the relevant information based on your specified
method.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:fileserver,</FONT></SPAN>
- machine where the installable files are located, can be an IP or a
host.domain (or host). This is only required for nfs, ftp or http
methods.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">directory:/mnt/mass/Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- root directory where the files are found. This is only required
for nfs, ftp, http or disk methods. For the disk method, this may
also specify the location and name of an ISO image.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:static,</FONT></SPAN>
- means you are going to specify the necessary IP information;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ip:192.168.5.202,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it for this machine.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netmask:255.255.255.0,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is it's netmask. This is optional and is only required if you
are using a non-standard netmask.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gateway:192.168.5.253,</FONT></SPAN>
- what is the gateway's IP. This is optional and should only be
included if the specified <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">fileserver</FONT>
is not located on the same subnet.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dns:192.168.5.253,</FONT>
</SPAN>- 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 <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">server:</FONT>
option must contain an IP address instead of a name.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl,</FONT></SPAN>
- means the IP, netmask, gateway and dns parameters are provided by
the ADSL service provider when you connect.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-inside: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adsluser:my_adsl_name,</FONT></SPAN>
- user name, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">adslpass:my_password,</FONT></SPAN>
- password, as required, to login to your ADSL service provider.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.24in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NOTE</B>: If you have
selected <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:adsl</FONT>, be
aware that ONLY the PPPoE protocol is currently supported.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain:eastcott.net,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-top: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-after: avoid">
<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1,</FONT></SPAN>
- 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>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: auto">
<FONT SIZE=3><B>DHCP Notes</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">Documenting how
you should use the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp</FONT>
option and the related <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domain</FONT>
and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname</FONT> 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 STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">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 STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">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 and the 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 <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,</FONT>
parameter.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">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
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp, </FONT>and
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname:linux1, </FONT>parameters
are required.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">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,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">network:dhcp,hostname:linux1,domain:eastcott.net</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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>).</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">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.</FONT></P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="Method_Parameter_Aliases"></A>Method
Parameter Aliases</H3>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The problem of the 256
character line length can be mitigated somewhat by the use of aliases
for some of the parameters as follows:</FONT></FONT></P>
<DL>
<DL>
<DL>
<DD>
<TABLE WIDTH=192 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=96>
<COL WIDTH=96>
<THEAD>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=34>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><I><B>Full name</B></I></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><I><B>Alias</B></I></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">adslpass</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">adslp</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">adsluser</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">adslu</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">directory</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">dir</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">disk</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">dis</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">domain</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">dom</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">gateway</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">gat</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">hostname</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">hos</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">interface</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">int</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">method</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">met</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">netmask</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">netm</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">network</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">netw</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">pass</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">pas</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">partition</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">par</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">server</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">ser</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">use</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=19>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=96>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
</DL>
</DL>
</DL>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.2in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>By rewriting the example from
the beginning of this section using the aliases, you get the
following:</FONT></FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">default
linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">prompt
1</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">timeout
50</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">display
boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F1
help.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F2
advanced.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">F3
boot.msg</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">label
linux</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.9in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">kernel
vmlinuz</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.9in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append
kickstart=floppy automatic=met:nfs,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ser:fileserver,dir:/mnt/mass/Mandrake/mandrake/9.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">netw:static,ip:192.168.5.202,netm:255.255.255.0,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gat:192.168.5.253,dns:192.168.5.253,</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.1in; page-break-before: auto"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ramdisk_size=32000
initrd=network.rdz root=/dev/ram3 vga=788</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.76in; margin-top: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NOTE</B>: All the text
starting with '<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>' through
'<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">788</FONT>' are on <B>ONE</B> line.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.06in">
<FONT FACE="Times, serif"><FONT SIZE=2>For those of you who noticed,
this example is now passed through to the Stage 1 installer intact
(which, by the way, the original example is not).</FONT></FONT></P>
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