Networking Forums

Networking Forums > Computer Networking > Linux Networking > how to install from kickstart

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes

how to install from kickstart

 
 
Yael
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-19-2004, 03:24 PM
Hello all:
im trying to automate installation process. i have created a ks.cfg
file on linux fedora core2 machine and now i want to install
automaticlly a diffrenet machine using this file - how do i do that?
should i burn boot.img and the ks.cfg file on a cd and that's it?
cause its too little....where are all the rpm's? what about the
original installation cd's? something is missing....
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Davide Bianchi
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-19-2004, 04:54 PM
On 2004-10-19, Yael <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> automaticlly a diffrenet machine using this file - how do i do that?


Put your ks.cfg on a floppy and at boot, type linux ks=floppy
Davide

--
Can i dial 1-255-255-255255 and make every phone in the world ring?
-- Tanuki
 
Reply With Quote
 
Yael
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-20-2004, 08:58 AM
yes but were does the installation take the RPM's from?
 
Reply With Quote
 
Davide Bianchi
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-20-2004, 09:00 AM
On 2004-10-20, Yael <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> yes but were does the installation take the RPM's from?


Wherever you told him to. If you booted from CD, chances are that the CD
will be used as source of installation.
Davide

--
My group's mission statement - "You want *what* ? By *WHEN* ?"
--Simon Burr
 
Reply With Quote
 
Andrei Ivanov
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-20-2004, 10:50 PM
Yael <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> yes but were does the installation take the RPM's from?


If this is your first kickstart attempt, then just specify "cdrom"
as source of all the RPMs, and put just ks.cfg file onto bootable
floppy. Also, for the 1st time add "skipx" to avoid X configuration.

--
andrei
 
Reply With Quote
 
Yael
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-24-2004, 11:30 AM
great - i do want the installation to take rpm's from a cd but the
question is where do i tell the installation to take rpms from a cd???
is there an option in the ks.cfg to specify a path for rpms?? this is
what i dont understand...
 
Reply With Quote
 
Andrei Ivanov
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      10-26-2004, 08:56 PM
Yael <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> great - i do want the installation to take rpm's from a cd but the
> question is where do i tell the installation to take rpms from a cd???
> is there an option in the ks.cfg to specify a path for rpms??


In fact, it's the first command in the ks.cfg file, which specifies
where to look for packages. It might be just "cdrom" for local CD-drive,
or "url --url ..." for reference to FTP/HTTP/NFS storage.

--
andrei
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Intel Pro 1000 Needs Kickstart After Reboot authorwjf Windows Networking 0 11-20-2007 09:33 PM
fedora core 2 kickstart server Keenan Atkinson Linux Networking 0 08-30-2004 05:26 PM
Newbie: Kickstart questions Jsk1957 Linux Networking 1 06-19-2004 02:05 PM
Solaris DHCP & Linux Kickstart Werner Linux Networking 0 11-16-2003 11:07 PM
to home install or not to home install(adsl) Shed Broadband 13 09-22-2003 10:01 PM



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11