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instl_adm(4) instl_adm(4)
run_ui = boolean
Specifies whether the installation process should be interactive. This may be set to
false if you
also set
control_from_server = true
, or if the configuration file specifies all the necessary
information needed to perform the installation. If any information is missing or if any problems are
found with the configuration, the installation switches to interactive mode.
In the case of a non-interactive installation, you are given a default of ten (10) seconds to stop the
process. See
env_vars to adjust this timeout value and to specify whether warnings conditions
are allowed during non-interactive install.
Setting
run_ui = false and not setting control_from_server = true
should be done
with extreme caution since the potential for accidental reinstallation of system is possible. This
would cause all data on one or more disks to be lost. Be aware that a network boot server that is not
restricting access may be accidentally booted from. Therefore it is best to either restrict access to
the boot server (see instl_bootd (1M)), or surround the
run_ui = false statement with a condi-
tion that makes it specific to the client’s
LLA[]. The client’s LLA[] may be retrieved from the boot
ROMs using the
lan_addr command, or by using the
lanscan command.
control_from_server =
boolean
Setting this value to
true causes the client to enter a mode where it will wait for the install server
to instruct it how to proceed with the installation (via the
/opt/ignite/bin/ignite
applica-
tion). The default is
false, so the UI runs on the client without interaction on the server. This
keyword only sets the default; you have the opportunity to use either mode during the install on the
client.
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 protocol 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
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