
TABLE A-1 Installation Worksheet (Continued)
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Information for Installation | Description or Example | Defaults (*) |
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Default route | Do you want to specify a default route IP address, |
| or let the installation program find one? |
| The default route provides a bridge that forwards |
| traffic between two physical networks. An IP |
| address is a unique number that identifies each host |
| on a network. |
| You have the following choices: |
•Specify One
•Detect One
•None*
• You can specify the IP address. An /etc/defaultrouter file is created with the specified IP address. When the system is rebooted, the specified IP address becomes the default route.
• You can let the installation program detect an IP address. However, the system must be on a subnet that has a router that advertises itself by using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) router discovery protocol. If you are using the
• You can choose None if you do not have a router or do not want the software to detect an IP address at this time. The software automatically tries to detect an IP address on reboot.
Time zone | How do you want to specify your default time | • Geographic |
| zone? | region* |
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| • Offset from |
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| GMT |
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| • Time zone file |
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Root password | Choose a root password for the system. |
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