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langsupport (required) Setsthelanguage(s)toinstallonthesystem.
<languageType> Specifiesthevalueforthelanguagesupport.Usethesamelanguage
codesyouusedwithlang.
--default Specifieswhichlanguagewillbeadefaultwheninstallingmorethan
onelanguage.
mouse (required) Configuresthemouseforthesystem,bothinGUIandtextmodes.
<mouseType>
Specifiesthetypeofmouse.
--device= Specifiesthedevicethemouseison.
--emulthree Letsyouuseatwo‐buttonmouseasathree‐buttonmouse.
Simultaneousclicksontheleftandrightmousebuttonsare
recognizedasthemiddlemousebuttonbytheXWindowSystem.
network(optional) Configuresnetworkinformationfor
thesystem.
--addvmportgroup=<1 or
0> (VMwarespecific)
Ifsetto1(default),createsaportgroupforvirtualmachines.Ifyoudo
notwanttocreateaportgroup,setthevalueto0.
--vlanid=<vlanid>
(VMwarespecific)
SpecifiesaVLANtousefornetworking.Settoanintegerbetween0
and4095.
--bootproto=[dhcp|stat
ic]
Specifies
networksettings.
--device= SpecifiesanEthernetdeviceforinstallation.
--ip= SetsanIPaddressforthemachinetobeinstalled.
--gateway= DesignatesthedefaultgatewayasanIPaddress.
--nameserver= DesignatestheprimarynameserverasanIPaddress.
--nodns DirectsnottoconfigureaDNSserver.
--netmask= Specifiesnetmaskfortheinstalledsystem.
--hostname= Specifiesthehost
namefortheinstalledsystem.
partorpartition Createsapartitiononthesystem.
Notrequiredifthe
upgradecommandisused.
<mntpoint> Specifieswherethepartitionwillbemounted.
--size= Definestheminimumpartitionsizeinmegabytes.
--grow Specifiesthatthepartitioncangrowtofillanyavailablespaceorupto
themaximumsizesetting.
--maxsize= Specifiesthemaximumsizeinmegabytesforapartitiontogrow.
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Command Description
