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Getting Started Guide
play=IPADDR:0.0 at the boot prompt (replacing IPADDR
with the IP address where the X display is running). Lizard
will appear on the X display, where it can remotely control
the installation on the install client.
Lizard Unattended Install from a Floppy
To perform a Lizard Unattended Install from a floppy, do the following:
1.
Insert a 3.5-inch floppy diskette into your disk drive.
2.
Format the floppy for an ext2fs file system as follows:
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From the main menu, select System|KFloppy.
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From the KDE Floppy Formatter window, select ext2fs file system, Full
Format, and the correct drive letter and format (e.g. A: 3.5).
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Click on Format.
3.
Create the Lizard Unattended Install floppy by executing the mkl-
izard command:
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mklizard --floppy
4.
On the client, when you start your computer and see a boot prompt,
type the following:
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install lizard=floppy
5.
The installation continues without user intervention
Creating Custom Installations
Though the preselected package sets that you can select during OpenLinux instal-
lation will suit most people, OpenLinux also offers a custom installation to
choose exactly which software packages are installed. To prepare for a custom
installation, you need to create a file on floppy diskette (in DOS format) called
pkgs.sel that contains a file of the packages you want to install. Then, during
installation, you simply select the Custom install and insert the floppy disk.
Here’s how to create the floppy diskette you need to do a custom install:
1.
Copy one of the preset package lists from the /col/data directory on
the “Linux Kernel and Installation” CD-ROM to a DOS floppy dis-
kette. For example:
cp /auto/cdrom/col/data/pkgs-standard.generic /auto/floppy/etc/pkgs.sel