Disabling the installer splash screen during silent installation

Use this procedure to disable the IBM® Installation Manager splash screen for silent installations. This task must be completed for the silent installation to run successfully.

About this task

Follow these steps to add the -nosplash parameter in the IBMIM.ini file.

Procedure

  1. Go to the INSTALLATIONMANAGER_INSTALL_HOME/eclipse directory.
  2. Open the IBMIM.ini file.
  3. Add the -nosplash parameter.
    For example:
    • Microsoft Windows:
      -toolId  ibmim
-accessRights nonAdmin
-vm
/home/ws7admin/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/jre_5.0.1.sr8a_20080811c/jre/bin/java
-nosplash
-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-Xquickstart
-Xgcpolicy:gencon
    • Linux and UNIX: 
      
vi IBMIN.ini
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/jre_6.0.0.sr9_20110208_03/jre/bin/java
-nosplash
-vmargs
-Xquickstart
-Xgcpolicy:gencon
  4. Save and close the file.