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Chapter 8: Tailoring Installations
This chapter explains how to tailor installations using initialization scripts and the set command. Initialization scripts provide a programmatic interface to user-written scripts that execute when Inst or Software Manager receives a distribution specification. The set command assigns values to arguments known as preferences, which control aspects of the Inst and Software Manager interface. A table of available set preferences is included at the end of this chapter (a complete list is also available from Inst online help).
This chapter contains the following sections:
Note: The procedures in this chapter assume that set commands are entered from the Admin menu; however, except where noted, set commands can also be entered from the Main menu and View Commands menu.
- Using an Initialization Script
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- Using README Files in a Distribution
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- Checking the Current Preference Settings
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- Controlling Menu Displays
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- Controlling Disk Space Checks and Reports
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- Controlling the Display of Filenames
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- Displaying the Current Distribution Source
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- Turning Off Initial Selection of Subsystems
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- Changing the Network Timeout Value
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- A Closer Look at Preferences
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