[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] installation: unattended: sync the section with the wiki introduction

[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] installation: unattended: sync the section with the wiki introduction

[Alexander Zeidler]

so that there are not two different versions of the introduction and
users mistakenly think they have already read the introduction in the
admin guide.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler <a.zeidler@proxmox.com>
---
 pve-installation.adoc | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pve-installation.adoc b/pve-installation.adoc
index 869a879..588eeee 100644
--- a/pve-installation.adoc
+++ b/pve-installation.adoc
@@ -406,17 +406,24 @@ Then press `Ctrl-X` or `F10` to boot the configuration.
 Unattended Installation
 -----------------------
 
-It is possible to install {pve} automatically in an unattended manner. This
-enables you to fully automate the setup process on bare-metal. Once the
-installation is complete and the host has booted up, automation tools like
-Ansible can be used to further configure the installation.
+The automated installation method allows installing a Proxmox solution
+in an unattended manner. This enables you to fully automate the setup
+process on bare-metal. Once the installation is complete and the host
+has booted up, automation tools like Ansible can be used to further
+configure the installation.
 
-The necessary options for the installer must be provided in an answer file. This
-file allows the use of filter rules to determine which disks and network cards
-should be used.
+The necessary options for the installer must be provided in an answer
+file. This file allows using filter rules to determine which disks and
+network cards should be used.
+
+To use the automated installation, it is first necessary to choose a
+source from which the answer file is fetched from and then prepare an
+installation ISO with that choice.
+
+Once the ISO is prepared, its initial boot menu will show a new boot
+entry named "Automated Installation" which gets automatically selected
+after a 10-second timeout.
 
-To use the automated installation, it is first necessary to prepare an
-installation ISO.
 https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Automated_Installation[Visit our wiki] for more
 details and information on the unattended installation.
 
-- 
2.39.5



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[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH docs] installation: unattended: sync the section with the wiki introduction

[Aaron Lauterer]

On  2025-02-10  15:06, Alexander Zeidler wrote:
> so that there are not two different versions of the introduction and
> users mistakenly think they have already read the introduction in the
> admin guide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler <a.zeidler@proxmox.com>
> ---
>   pve-installation.adoc | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
>

with two small changes
* use {pve} instead of "Proxmox solution"
* mark boot option more explicitly so it shows up italized

applied, thanks!


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