Nameserver= PortNo= On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Scully, William P <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'd like to encode in the PARMFILE as many of the answers to SLES 11's > install prompts as is possible. Here's what we start with: > > ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb > > Broadcast=10.202.200.255 Gateway=10.202.200.101 HostIP=10.202.200.124 > Hostname=linux024.ca.com Layer2=0 Portname=INTRANET > > Install=http://10.202.207.39/novell/sles11/zseries/ga/dvd1 > Nameserver=10.202.1.92 Netmask=255.255.255.0 Password=abcdefgh > > Username=anonymous UseVNC=1 VNCPassword=abcdefgh > > ReadChannel=0.0.0c00 WriteChannel=0.0.0c01 DataChannel=0.0.0c02 > > OsaInterface=qdio OsaMedium=eth InstNetDev=osa > > > > Notice I've removed "manual=1". With this PARMFILE I still get two > prompts. One for port number and one for name server: > > > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM OSA Express Network card > drivers: qeth* > IBM IUCV > drivers: netiucv > loading netiucvnetiucv.8db02b: driver initialized > > Reading driver update: disk:/?device=*usb* > > Enter the relative port number > > > > > The answer for us is "zero" for the port number. Then I get: > > > Enter the IP address of your name server. Leave empty or enter "+++" if > you > don't need one > > [10.202.1.92]> > > > > Notice the install program seems to know the answer, it's just asking > again. > > How can I fix these last two prompts via the PARMFILE? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
