opsi Version 3.3.1 - opsi Download - uib
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5. Netboot products: Automated OS installation and more<br />
default netboot response, which executes the command 'hdboot'. The local boot loader<br />
will be started and the setup for operating system installation starts.<br />
These steps are controlled by an OS specific python script (e.g. winxp.py for the<br />
Windows XP installation). The bootimage provides a python library (description in the<br />
<strong>opsi</strong>-bootimage handbook).<br />
5.1.6. Installation of OS and <strong>opsi</strong>-preLoginLoader<br />
The OS installation is based on the Microsoft unattended setup. Part of this is the<br />
standard hardware detection. In addition to the possibilities given during an installation<br />
from non-OEM or slipstreamed installation media, drivers and patches (i.e. service<br />
packs) can be installed during the initial installation, making the separate installation of<br />
drivers obsolete.<br />
One feature of the unattended installation is the possibility to initiate additional<br />
installations after the main installation is finished. This mechanism is used to install the<br />
<strong>opsi</strong> preLoginLoader, which implements the automatized software distribution system.<br />
An entry in the registry marks the machine as being still in the 'reinstallation-mode'.<br />
The final reboot leads to starting the <strong>opsi</strong> preLoginLoader service for software<br />
distribution prior to the first user login. Based on the value of the aforementioned<br />
registry key the <strong>opsi</strong> preLoginLoader switches into 'reinstallation-mode'. Therefore,<br />
regarding the configuration status of each software packet, each packet which is<br />
marked as action status ”setup” or installation status ”installed” within the<br />
configuration of that client will be installed. After all the designated client software has<br />
been installed, the reinstallation process is finished and the internal status is switched<br />
back from 'reinstallation-mode' to 'standard-mode'. In 'standard-mode' only software<br />
packages that are marked as action status ”setup” will be installed.<br />
5.1.7. How the patcha program works<br />
As mentioned above the information collected from dhcp and <strong>opsi</strong>-webservice will be<br />
used to patch some configuration files as e.g. 'unattend.txt'. The program used for<br />
patching is the script '/user/local/bin/patcha'.<br />
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