>I'm trying to automate the install by using the parameters in the >parmfile. I finally have all of them except for the last response: > >1) X-Window >2) VNC (VNC-Client or Java enabled Browser) >3) ssh >Choice:Which terminal do want to use? > >I can't find the parameter for this one. Did anybody figure it out? When I >turn on AUTOINSTALL it gets to this question and just loops, forcing me to >#cp i cms. > >TIA, > >Scott
Scott, I tried and tried to get it to work. If you switch the order of things around you'll find that it seems to be the last parms that are missed. The doc says 10 lines is the limit, but I suspect it's something less. I haven't had time to report it to SuSE.
I, like you, spent a lot of time messing with space issues that really weren't. It seems that any error reading the CD is reported as a not enough space issue. I think there's a lot of room for error detection improvements in that process! In my case, there were some samba errors on the console that should have been caught instead of the install proceeding to tell me my disk layout was bad.
Just writing this up for those that follow...
Marcy Cortes Wells Fargo Services Co
Marcy,
Thanks for your response. Your emails during your installation have been a great help to the rest of us.
The install when AUTOINSTALL=yes seems to pick up all my parameters correctly when I put everything after the '=' as lowercase. I just don't know what the parameter for the terminal type is. I tried INST_SCREEN=ssh but it doesn't seem to be the correct parm for this particular question. The install book only has the options 'x' and 'vnc'. But I will try moving it around in the parm file as per your suggestion.
Yep, I agree there is alot of room for improvement in this install. It is very frustrating. I'm reinstalling for about the millionth time trying to get it to recognize the swap disk upon reboot. Seems that it has to have the root file system on dasda1 no matter how you defined it in the install. Mark Pace and I are trying different setups to see which one actually works.
The part I enjoy is when you are ready to start the actual install download and it asks if you are ready to start. Answer yes and you wind up at the main menu again, answer no...... the install starts. ;)
Scott
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