How to Create a sysidcfg Configuration File

1. Open a text file (it must be named sysidcfg) using the editor of your choice.

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   Note -

   If you create multiple sysidcfg files, each one must be in a separate directory or diskette.

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2. Enter the sysidcfg keywords shown in Table 6-2 for the system configuration information you want to preconfigure.

   Table 6-2 sysidcfg Keywords

   Configuration Information	Platform	Keywords	Where to Find Values/Example
   Name service, domain name, name server	All	name_service=NIS, NIS+, OTHER, NONE {domain_name=domain_name name_server=hostname(ip_address)}	name_service=NIS {domain_name=chandy.West.Arp.COM name_server=timber(129.221.2.1)}
   Network interface, host name, IP address, netmask	All	network_interface=NONE, PRIMARY, value {hostname=host_name ip_address=ip_address netmask=netmask}	network_interface=le0 {hostname=feron ip_address=129.222.2.1 netmask=255.255.0.0}
   Root password	All	root_password=root_password	Encrypted from /etc/shadow.
   Language in which to display the install program and desktop	All	system_locale=locale	The /usr/lib/locale directory or Appendix E, Language and Locale Values provides the valid language and locale values.
   Teminal type	All	terminal=terminal_type	The subdirectories in the /usr/share/lib/terminfo directory provide the valid terminal values.
   Time zone	All	timezone=timezone	The directories and files in the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo directory provide the valid time zone values. The time zone value is the pathname relative to the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo directory. For example, the time zone value for the Mountain Standard Time in the United States is US/Mountain; the time zone value for Japan is Japan.
   Time and date	All	timeserver=localhost, hostname, ip_address	If you specify localhost as the time server, the system's time is assumed to be correct. If you specify the hostname or ip_address (if you are not running a name service) of a system, that system's time is used to set the time.
   Monitor type	x86	monitor=monitor_type	Run kdmconfig -d filename; append output to sysidcfg file.
   Keyboard language, keyboard layout	x86	keyboard=keyboard_language {layout=value}	Run kdmconfig -d filename; append output to sysidcfg file.
   Graphics card, color depth, display resolution, screen size	x86	display=graphics_card {size=screen_size depth=color_depth resolution=screen_resolution}	Run kdmconfig -d filename; append output to sysidcfg file.
   Pointing device, number of buttons, IRQ level	x86	pointer=pointing_device {nbuttons=number_buttons irq=value}	Run kdmconfig -d filename; append output to sysidcfg file.

3. Save the sysidcfg file.

4. Make the sysidcfg file available to clients through:

   • A shared NFS network directory (add_install_client command using the -p option)

   • The root directory on a PCFS or UFS diskette