A.2.3 Specifying the Installation Source and
YaST Interface
Install=nfs://server/directory/CD1/
Specify the location of the installation source to use. Possible protocols are
nfs
,
smb
(Samba/CIFS),
ftp
, and
http
.
If an
ftp
or
smb
URL is given, specify the user and password for FTP installation.
These parameters are optional and anonymous or guest login is assumed if they
are not given.
Username=<a user name>
Password=<a password>
In case of a Samba or CIFS installation, you can also specify the domain that should
be used:
Workdomain=<a domain>
UseSSH=1 UseVNC=1 Display_IP=192.168.42.42
Depending on which parameter you give, a remote X server, SSH, or VNC will be
used for installation.
UseSSH
enables SSH installation,
UseVNC
starts a VNC
server on the installing machine, and
Display_IP
causes the installing system
to try to connect to an X server at the given address. Only one of these parameters
should be set at any time.
IMPORTANT: X Authentication Mechanism
The direct installation with the X Window System relies on a primitive au-
thentication mechanism based on hostnames. This mechanism is disabled
on current SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions. Installation with SSH or
VNC is preferred.
To allow a connection between YaST and the remote X server, run
xhost <IP
address>
with the address of the installing machine on the remote machine.
For
VNC
, specify a password of six to eight characters to use for installation:
VNCPassword=<a password>
For
SSH
, specify a password of six to eight characters to use for installation:
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