Salix Network Installation
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The installation discs now have support for network installation.

Although a number of things have changed (and features added) from the
original Slackware scripts, I've tried to preserve support for
unattended network configuration.

For those people who are unaware of this feature I will give a brief
overview here.

Here are some command line options you may use at the boot prompt to
configure your system:

Automatically configure your keyboard map:

	kbd=<keymap>
	
	Example: kbd=uk

Automatically configure your wired network interface:

	nic=<driver>:<interface>:<dhcp|static>[:ipaddr:netmask[:gateway]]
	
	Examples: nic=auto:eth0:dhcp
			  nic=e100:eth0:static:192.168.1.101:24:192.168.1.1

Automatically configure NFS, FTP/HTTP and SAMBA installation options
from a config file on a server:

	cf=<protocol>,<remoteserver>[:portnumber],<configfile>
	
	Examples: cf=tftp,192.168.1.1,/salix-pxe.cfg
			  cf=wget,192.168.1.22,/files/config.txt

	Example config file:
	# NFS Filesystem:
	# To install from an NFS filesystem you need the exported directory
	# to contain either the contents of a Salix installation disc or an ISO
	# image. 
	NFS_SERVER="192.168.1.1"
	NFS_ROOT="/srv/shares/salix-xfce"
	
	# HTTP/FTP:
	# To install from an FTP/HTTP server you need a directory on the server
	# to contain the contents of a Salix installation disc.
	#REMOTE_URL="ftp://192.168.1.1"
	#REMOTE_ROOT="/files/salix-xfce"
	# However, if you're installing from a HTTP server you may also specify
	# an ISO image as the installation source.
	REMOTE_URL="http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net"
	REMOTE_ROOT="/project/salix/13.37/salix64-xfce-13.37.iso"
	
	# Samba share:
	# To install from a Samba share you need a directory inside the share
	# to contain either the contents of a Salix installation disc or an ISO
	# image. 
	SMB_SERVER="//192.168.1.1/public"
	SMB_ROOT="/salix-xfce"

Disable automatically starting setup:
	
	nosetup

Useful links: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/remote-unattended-slackware-install-746521/
			  http://www.mutagenix.org/pxe_kickstart/index.php
			  http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/remote-installation-of-slackware-using-ssh/