Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Ways to Preconfigure System Configuration Information

There are two ways to preconfigure system configuration information. You can add the information to:

Use Table 4-1 to determine which method to use to preconfigure system configuration information for your system.

Table 4-1 Methods to Preconfigure System Configuration Information


If you want to preconfigure	And your platform is	Can you preconfigure with the `sysidcfg` file?	Can you preconfigure with the name service?
Name service	All	Yes	Yes
Domain name	All	Yes	No
Name server	All	Yes	No
Network interface	All	Yes	No
Host name	All	Yes [Because this information is system specific, edit the name service rather than creating a different `sysidcfg` file for each system.]	Yes
Internet Protocol (IP) address	All	Yes	Yes
Netmask	All	Yes	No
DHCP	All	Yes	No
IPv6	All	Yes	No
Root password	All	Yes	No
Security policy	All	Yes	No
Language (locale) in which to display the install program and desktop	All	Yes	Yes
Terminal type	All	Yes	No
Time zone	All	Yes	Yes
Date and time	All	Yes	Yes
Monitor type	IA	Yes	No
Keyboard language, keyboard layout	IA	Yes	No
Graphics card, color depth, display resolution, screen size	IA	Yes	No
Pointing device, number of buttons, IRQ level	IA	Yes	No
Power Management (autoshutdown) [This system configuration information cannot be preconfigured through the `sysidcfg` file or the name service. "SPARC: Preconfiguring Power Management Information" contains details.]	SPARC	No	No