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Figure 21.1 Editing an AutoYaST Profile with the AutoYaST Front-End
21.1.2 Distributing the Profile and
Determining the autoyast Parameter
The AutoYaST profile can be distributed in several different ways. Depending on the
protocol used to distribute the profile data, different AutoYaST parameters are used to
make the profile location known to the installation routines on the client. The location
of the profile is passed to the installation routines by means of the boot prompt or an
info
file that is loaded upon boot. The following options are available:
Description Parameter Profile Lo-
cation
Makes the installation routines look for
the control file in specified path (relative autoyast=file://
/
path
File
to source root directory—
file:///
autoyast.xml
if in the top directory
of a CD-ROM).
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