Making The Kickstart File Available; Creating Kickstart Boot Media - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual

/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 telnet off /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 finger off /sbin/chkconfig
--level 345 lpd off /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 httpd on
Run a script named runme from an NFS share:
mkdir /mnt/temp mount -o nolock 10.10.0.2:/usr/new-machines /mnt/temp open -s -w -- /mnt/
temp/runme umount /mnt/temp
Note
NFS file locking is not supported while in kickstart mode, therefore -o nolock is required
when mounting an NFS mount.
Add a user to the system:
/usr/sbin/useradd bob /usr/bin/chfn -f "Bob Smith" bob /usr/sbin/usermod -p 'kjdf$04930FTH/ '
bob

1.8. Making the Kickstart File Available

A kickstart file must be placed in one of the following locations:
• On a boot diskette
• On a boot CD-ROM
• On a network
Normally a kickstart file is copied to the boot diskette, or made available on the network. The network-
based approach is most commonly used, as most kickstart installations tend to be performed on
networked computers.
Let us take a more in-depth look at where the kickstart file may be placed.

1.8.1. Creating Kickstart Boot Media

Diskette-based booting is no longer supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Installations must use CD-
ROM or flash memory products for booting. However, the kickstart file may still reside on a diskette's
top-level directory, and must be named ks.cfg.
To perform a CD-ROM-based kickstart installation, the kickstart file must be named ks.cfg and must
be located in the boot CD-ROM's top-level directory. Since a CD-ROM is read-only, the file must be
added to the directory used to create the image that is written to the CD-ROM. Refer to the Installation
Guide for instructions on creating boot media; however, before making the file.iso image file, copy
the ks.cfg kickstart file to the isolinux/ directory.
To perform a pen-based flash memory kickstart installation, the kickstart file must be named ks.cfg
and must be located in the flash memory's top-level directory. Create the boot image first, and then
copy the ks.cfg file.
For example, the following transfers a boot image to the pen drive (/dev/sda) using the dd
command:
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