Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007, Installation Manual

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• Customizing messages to the user as described in Section 6.2.1, “Customizing
YaST Messages” (page 101).
• Customizing licenses and license actions as described in Section 6.2.2, “Customizing
the License Action” (page 102).
• Customizing the release notes to display as described in Section 6.2.3, “Customizing
the Release Notes” (page 103).
• Customizing the order and number of components involved in the installation as
described in Section 6.2.4, “Customizing the Workflow” (page 103).
• Configuring additional optional scripts as described in Section 6.2.5, “Configuring
Additional Scripts” (page 108).
To customize any of these components, adjust the following configuration files:
/etc/sysconfig/firstboot
Configure various aspects of firstboot, such as release notes, scripts, and license
actions.
/etc/YaST2/firstboot.xml
Configure the installation workflow by enabling or disabling components or adding
custom ones.
6.2.1 Customizing YaST Messages
By default, an installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise contains several default messages
that are localized and displayed at certain stages of the installation process. These include
a welcome message, a license message, and a congratulatory message at the end of in-
stallation. You can replace any of these with your own versions and include localized
versions of them in the installation. To include your own welcome message, proceed
as follows:
1 Log in as
root
.
2 Open the
/etc/sysconfig/firstboot
configuration file and apply the
following changes:
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