I'm trying to create an auto-install floppy for my Linux-Mandrake distro
(7.02a).

I started with the CDROM.image to create the boot floppy (my system doesn't
boot from CD) then I did a real install of Linux with all the features and
stuff I wanted. The installation created a file called "auto_inst.cfg.pl" in
my /root directory. 

I copied that file to the previously-made install floppy, edited the
syslinux.cfg file as directed by the manual at
http://www.mandrake.com/userguide/en/reference/018.html

It didn't work... Booting that floppy still took me into the graphical
configuration program...

I see on the Mandrake website the following text in this link:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/README
"- /mnt/root/auto_inst.cfg.pl: a kickstart file generated at the end of each
step. Can be used in 2 ways: kickstart install or ``defcfg'' install.
Hopefully you know about kickstart. ``defcfg'' is a way to customize the
default values in install. For example, French can be the default language
with a qwerty keyboard, the auto-partitionning partitions can be changed, the
default user class can be set to developer (!)..."

Do you know anything about a 'defcfg' install? How do I do that?
Can anyone help me getting my auto-install floppy to work? My Linux farm is
down until it does!

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