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.TH fai 8 "8 april 2005" "FAI 2.8"
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.SH NAME
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fai \- fully automatic installation
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B fai
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.RI [ options ] " ACTION"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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fai starts a fai-action, e.g. an installation or a softupdate.
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If the variable FAI_ACTION is defined, this action will be
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performed. The command line argument will override the value of
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FAI_ACTION. You can also define your own actions which will be
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executed when specified.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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ACTION is required.
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.TP
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.B \-h|\-\-help
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Show help, version and summary of options.
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.TP
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.B \-N|\-\-NEW
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Renew the list of defined classes. By default, FAI uses the list of
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classes which was created during the first installation and skips
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calling fai-class(1). Add this option if you like to recreate the list
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of classes during a softupdate.
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.TP
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.B \-v|\-\-verbose
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Create verbose output.
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.SH ACTIONS
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.TP
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.B install
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starts an fully automatic installtion:
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.RS
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.IP 1. 3
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setup the fai environment (create ramdisk, get configuration date,...)
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.IP 2. 3
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define classes and variables
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.IP 3. 3
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partition the local hard disk and create file systems
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.IP 4. 3
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install new software packages
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.IP 5. 3
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call configuration scripts
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.IP 6. 3
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check and save the logfiles
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.RE
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.TP
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.B sysinfo
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starts a system rescue system
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.RS
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.IP 1. 3
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setup the fai environment (create ramdisk, get configuration date,...)
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.IP 2. 3
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define classes and variables
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.IP 3. 3
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do different types of hardware detection and print hardware info
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.IP 4. 3
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save the logfiles
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.RE
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.TP
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.B softupdate
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starts a softupdate:
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.RS
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.IP 1. 3
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fetch FAI configuration according to /etc/fai/fai.conf
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.IP 2. 3
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define classes and variables
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.IP 3. 3
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update the installed packages
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.IP 4. 3
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install new software
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.IP 5. 3
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call configuration scripts
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.IP 6. 3
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check and save the logfiles
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.RE
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.SH NOTES
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Running with action "install" on an already running system will almost
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certainly destroy it.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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This program is the central part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See
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the FAI manual for more information on how to use FAI.
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The FAI homepage is http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai.
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was written by Henning Glawe
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<glaweh@physik.fu-berlin.de> and Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>.
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