Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

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instl_adm(4) instl_adm(4)

When used in combination with the run_ui=false keyword, the client may enter a mode to

wait for server instructions immediately after booting, assuming that it may obtain all necessary

network information.

halt_when_done = boolean

Setting this value to true halts the client installation when it is complete instead of rebooting

from the disk that was just installed; the default is false.

clean_all_disks = boolean

Setting this to true causes the installation process to write over all disks, even those that are not

conﬁgured for a ﬁle system. Its purpose is to remove prior ﬁle system information and make all

the unused disks appear as "new".

This keyword should almost always be left as the default of false.

recovery_mode = boolean

Setting this to true indicates to Ignite-UX that the contents of the archive being used to install

the client has ﬁles that are speciﬁc for the client being installed. When true, many ﬁles that are

speciﬁc to a client are preserved as-is from the archive. When set to false, those same ﬁles are

copied from the /usr/newconfig directory and modiﬁed for the speciﬁc client being

installed.

In addition, when set to true, the device ﬁles and kernel from the archive are preserved and not

removed and recreated. Most of the effects of this keyword are visible and modiﬁable in the

script: /opt/ignite/data/scripts/os_arch_post_l. Search for the if statement

regarding RECOVERY_MODE in this script.

This keyword defaults to false, and is set to true in conﬁguration ﬁles created by

make_net_recovery.

disable_dhcp = boolean

Setting this to true in the *INSTALLFS ﬁle prevents the process from attempting to contact a

DHCP server for networking information. This may be useful if you do not use DHCP and want

to avoid the delay of searching for an Ignite-UX server. Setting this to true in any conﬁguration

ﬁle other than *INSTALLFS allows the initial DHCP request to be performed, but the resulting

client has DHCP disabled. This may be useful if you are using BOOTP to supply the IP address

and host name of the clients, but do not require ongoing maintenance of a lease. The BOOTP pro-

tocol is a subset of DHCP, and may be used to satisfy a DHCP query without the maintenance of a

lease.

error_if_bad_sw = boolean

Setting this to true turns a non-existent sw_source WARNING into an ERROR. The default

is false.

use_expert_ui = boolean

Setting this to false used to select the deprecated guided/wizard interface mode. Now the only

mode is advanced. Ignite-UX will force this keyword to true, and if found false will issue a

warning that the setting will be ignored.

sd_command_line = cplx_string

sd_command_line += cplx_string

Used to specify options to all swinstall,orswm (on HP-UX B.11.31 or later) operations per-

formed during an install. The options speciﬁed are added to the default options that are required to

perform the software installation. It is advised to include space characters at each end of the

cplx_string to avoid options running into each other and resulting in syntax errors. For example:

sd_command_line += " -xpatch_match_target=true "

sd_secrets = cplx_string

Setting this should only occur when the ﬁle /var/adm/sw/security/secrets on the

source depot server(s) has been modiﬁed to provide additional security. When this is performed,