snake-install(1) - Linux man page

Name

snake-install -- A convenient utility that downloads boot images, and updates the bootloader using the supplied installation URI.

Synopsis

snake-install [options] URI [kickstart]

Description

The snake-install command is responsible for grabbing boot images from the supplied URI , modifying the bootloader config, and rebooting into the installer. If you don't have a URI , use the snake-install-tui command. When a kickstart filename is supplied, snake-install will perform a kickstart installation using the specified file. Any additional command-line arguments will be ignored.

Unless the --help or -h option is given, a URI must be present.

General Options

The following command line options are permitted.

-h, --help

Help; display a help message and then quit.

-i, --interactive

Interactive; prompt user for installation information.

Additonal Resources

See https://fedorahosted.org/snake for more information, including information on scripting snake from Python.

For information about pykickstart, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/pykickstart.

See also the manpages for snake-tree, snake-ks, snake-install-tui, and snake-server

Author

Various. See https://fedorahosted.org/snake