systeminstaller.conf5

Overview

This file, by default located in /etc/systeminstaller/systeminstaller.conf is used by the SystemInstaller programis to determine what configuration information should be applied to your system.

The file looks something like the following:

   # This is a comment
   binpath=         /usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin
   # The distinfo directory tree for SystemInstaller
   distinfo=       /usr/lib/systeminstaller/SystemInstaller/distinfo
   # The directory for package files
   pkgpath=        /tftpboot/rpms

   # SystemInstaller commands
   simachine=      mksimachine
   sidisk=         mksidisk
   siimage=        mksiimage

Options

The following options are available within the config file

binpath

The directories where the SIS executable files reside. This is appended to the PATH environment variable and should be a colon delimited list of path names.

distinfo

The directory where the SystemInstaller distribution tree resides.

pkgpath

The directory where the distribution installable packages reside.

simachine

The name of the SystemInstaller command to define machines.

siimage

The name of the SystemInstaller command to define images.

sidisk

The name of the SystemInstaller command to define disk tables.

mkaiscript

The name of the SystemImager command to create auto-install scripts.

addclients

The name of the SystemImager command to define machines.

delimage

The name of the SystemImager command to delete images.

ipmeth

The default method for IP address assignment. Valid values are:

static_dhcp The same address will be assigned by DHCP at every boot.

dynamic_dhcp A different address may be assigned by DHCP at every boot.

static IP addresses are manually set.

replicant IP addresses are not set. This is used when backing up a machine.

piaction

The default action to take after installation is complete. Valid values are:

beep Beep incessantly.

reboot Restart the machine.

shutdown Halt the machine.

disktype

The default disk type. Valid values are: ide, scsi

rpm

The command to use to install rpm packages.

rpmargs

Additional arguments to add to the rpm command during installation. With some distros (Mandrake, Suse) the --noscripts option needs to be specified.

rpmrc

The filename of the rpmrc file. This is used to determine architecture compatability.

dpkg

The command to use to install Debian packages.

verbose

Tells SystemInstaller commands to use verbose output. 0=no, 1=yes. Also settable with the --verbose flag on individual comands.

pkgcachefile

The filename to store the generated package cache in. A file with this name will be placed in any package directory when an image is built. If the value of this variable starts with a /. It will be considered an absolute path and the file will be placed there.

pkginstfail

Whether to fail the image build when package installation fails. 0=no, 1=yes.

postinstfail

Whether to fail the image build when post-installation fails. 0=no, 1=yes.