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instl_adm(1M) instl_adm(1M)
The use of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is the recom-
mended method of supplying a default host name and IP address to installation
clients. See the bootpd (1M) manpage for details on DHCP.
-s SD_server[:depot_directory]
Specifies the default Software Distributor (SD) server and depot directory that is to
be used during the install as the source for the swinstall (1M), or swm(1M) com-
mands. The SD server and depot information is normally retrieved from the
configuration files produced by the make_config(1M) command, which overrides the
default supplied by this option.
It is recommended that the
make_config command be used to update the
configuration files corresponding to the associated depots instead of using this
option.
-g gateway Specifies the default IP address for the gateway system through which the client
system may reach the install_tftp_server and the SD_server system. (See
route (1M).)
If no default gateway is given, the default is the same as the client host’s IP
address, and wild-card routing is performed (on networks that support it).
-m netmask Specifies the default netmask for the client system to use in reaching the install and
SD server systems. This is necessary if your network uses subnetworks. The net-
mask is the same as what is supplied to the ifconfig command (see
ifconfig(1M)). netmask may be supplied either in dot-notation (for example,
255.255.248.0 ) or as a hexadecimal number with a leading 0x (such as, 0xfffff80).
-t install_tftp_server
Specifies the default system to be used as the Ignite-UX install server. The
install_tftp_server is normally the same system that is being used as the boot-
server, which is normally the same as the system on which
instl_adm is run.
install_tftp_server is a system that has the Ignite-UX product loaded and is
configured with tftp (1) access to the files listed under
FILES.
-S dhcp_server
Restricts the system used as the DHCP server for obtaining networking information
to the one specified. If not set, any system that responds with either a BOOTP or
DHCP response will be used.
-a message_file |-
instl_adm stores the contents of message_file for use as the opening message
displayed to users performing an install. If this option is omitted, any current mes-
sage is kept. To remove the message completely, use an empty file such as
/dev/null as the message_file . If the - character is given for message_file ,
instl_adm prompts the user to enter the message on the command line. Once the
message is entered, Ctrl-D (end of file) should be typed to end the message.
-c Causes instl_adm to operate on the LIF file named CONFIG instead of the first
8KB of the file named *INSTALLFS. This option is only valid when the -F option
is used to instruct instl_adm to operate on an install tape image. The install
tape image is a logical interchange format file. (See lif (4).)
On a tape, CD-ROM or DVD, the
CONFIG file is the location of the standard
configuration shipped by Hewlett-Packard Company. This file defines the default
file system and software configuration that is selectable during an install. This file
is referenced by the INDEX file on the media. On an Ignite-UX server, there may
be numerous configuration files referenced by the INDEX file.
-T Tests for proper syntax of all the configuration files listed in the INDEX file, as well
as the configuration file data in the first 8K of the *INSTALLFS file (when no -f
or -D option is given). The INDEX file to use may be changed using the -i
option. If the -f option is given, only the supplied file is checked for syntax. If the
-D option is given, not only is the syntax of the configuration file associated with the
given client directory checked, but runs through a set of sanity checks to determine
its validity. See FILES below for the location of the INDEX and *INSTALLFS
files. instl_adm no longer treats uninitialized integer variables as an error.
That functionality has been moved to instl_dbg -l.
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