<!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="section4-11.html">Prev</A></TD><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></TD> <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> <A HREF="section4-13.html">Next</A></TD></TR></TABLE><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"> <H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="interactiveSteps"></A> interactiveSteps</H2> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">This option is used when you are creating a Replay Install configuration.</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">'interactiveSteps' => [</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" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'doPartitionDisks',</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff"> <P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'formatPartitions'</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff"> <P CLASS="coderef-western">],</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P> <P CLASS="western">DrakX has the capability, Replay Auto Install, which can be used to assist installation on multiple computers with slightly different hardware configurations. This replay ability allows you to select one or more specific steps where you want to manually re-enter configuration selections.</P> <P CLASS="western">Generation of a Replay Auto Install Disk and can be accomplished:</P> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=256*> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=30 VALIGN=TOP> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">at the end of a Manual install where you select Advanced, Generate an auto install floppy, then Reply or,</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=30 VALIGN=TOP> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">on an installed system by running the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">drakconf</FONT> program or,</P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=48 VALIGN=TOP> <P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">manually creating the disk and files on it.</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P CLASS="western">To change a standard Auto Install into a Replay Auto Install, just add this option. For a more detailed description and a summary of the available steps, please review the section <A HREF="section5.html#Replay_Install"><B><I>Replay Install</I></B></A>.</P> <P CLASS="headings-special-western">Related Option Entries:</P> <P CLASS="western">See Replay Install – <A HREF="section5.html#Steps_vs_Options"><B><I>Steps vs Options</I></B></A>.</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="section4-11.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="section4-13.html">Next</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">interactive</TD> <TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP">intf</TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>