User's Manual

Specifying The Windows Installation Variables And Installation Paths
To edit the Windows operating system installation variables, locate the following lines in W2K8INST.BAT or
W2128INST.BAT:
:: Location of Unattend.xml file
set DT_UNATTEND=%DT_SYSTEMS%\%DT_PLATFORM%\unattend.xml
UNATTEND.XML
The UNATTEND.XML file is the default name of the answer file that you use to automate Windows setup during an
unattended installation. A sample copy of the UNATTEND.XML file is provided as part of the DTK download in the
\Toolkit\Template\Configs directory.
UNATTEND.XML contains the headings and parameters that instruct Windows setup to perform various configuration
tasks. In UNATTEND.XML, you want to install. Before a full deployment can be run, you must edit all appropriate
headings and parameters, as necessary.
NOTE: See your operating system documentation for instructions on modifying the options in the operating system
unattended installation file to customize the scripted installation of your operating system.
In Windows Server 2008 operating system, when you have completed all necessary modifications to the
UNATTEND.XML file, save the completed file in the \Toolkit\W2K8_deploy\<target system> directory.
After you have successfully edited your deployment scripts, you are ready to create your deployment media and run
your deployment. For instructions on creating the deployment media and running a full deployment, see Running The
Deployment Scripts.
lininst
The lininst.sh sample script is used to perform an unattended installation of a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
operating system. The variables and paths must be specified before the operating system can be installed.
Utilities Used By lininst
grub — Used in conjunction with the kernel image and initial ramdisk files, along with the unattended answer file to
install the operating system.
Variables Used:
• DT_OS_DISK — Sets the disk on which 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 in conjunction 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, ks-rhel5.cfg, And ks-rhel6.cfg)
Depending on the version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system, the ks.cfg, ks-rhel5.cfg, or ks-
rhel6.cfg files are the default names of the answer files that you use to automate an unattended Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Server installation. A sample copy of the ks.cfg/ks-rhel5.cfg/ks-rhel6.cfg files are provided as part of the DTK download
in the /opt/dell/toolkit/template/configs directory. The ks.cfg/ks-rhel5.cfg/ks-rhel6.cfg files contain the headings and
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