
Utilities Used By lininst
grub — Used with the kernel image and initial ramdisk files, along with the unattended answer file to install the operating system in BIOS mode.
grub2 — Used with the kernel image and initial ramdisk files, along with the unattended answer file to install the operating system in UEFI mode.
The following are the variables used in grub and grub2:
•DT_OS_DISK — Sets the disk to deploy the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system.
•DT_OS_SRC — Sets the location from where to copy the kernel image and initial ramdisk files.
External Dependencies Of lininst.sh
The DT_PLATFORM variable is set during deployment by tkenvset.sh using platform discovery.
The lininst.sh script uses the unattended answer file with the grub utility and kernel image and initial ramdisk files to install the operating system files. For more information about preparing the unattended answer file, see Answer Files.
Answer Files (ks.cfg,
Depending on the version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system, the ks.cfg, ks- rhel5.cfg,
NOTE: The sample file provided to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (version 5) in BIOS mode is named
NOTE: The sample files provided to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (version 6) are ks- rhel6.cfg (in BIOS mode), and ks_rhel6_uefi.cfg (in UEFI mode). To use the sample
NOTE: See your operating system documentation for instructions on modifying the options in the kick start file to customize the scripted installation of your operating system.
When you have completed all necessary modifications of the kick start file, save the completed file in the /opt/dell/toolkit/systems/<target system> directory.
suseinst
The suseinst.sh sample script is used to perform an unattended installation of a supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. The variables and paths must be specified before the operating system can be installed.
CAUTION: It is recommended that you consult your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system documentation and unattended deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the unattended installation process before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.
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