Operating system answer files

Operating system answer files allow you to perform unattended installation of supported Linux distributions. The OS Installation Tasks tab lets you manage these files.

The OS Installation Tasks tab lists the available answer files for operating system installation. The Linux Scripting ToolkitServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition includes unattended installation files for all of the supported operating systems, shown in Table 1. Although these files cannot be modified, you can use them as a template for a creating a new task by using the Create option to create an unattended installation file for your scenarios. The section Table 1 lists the unattended installation files supplied with the Linux Scripting Toolkit and the operating systems to which they apply.

The Linux Scripting Toolkit provides answer files for native uEFI mode deployments of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x64. The answer file determines whether the installation performed is a native uEFI installation or a legacy installation. The answer files for native uEFI installations are noted in Unattended installation files supplied with the Linux Scripting Toolkit. If you want to customize an installation file for uEFI installation, you must ensure that the file contains an entry for /boot/efi. This entry can be commented out, but it must remain visible in the file.