Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual page 48

Chapter 2. Kickstart Configurator
Select the system keyboard type from the Keyboard menu.
Choose the mouse for the system from the Mouse menu. If No Mouse is selected, no mouse is
configured. If Probe for Mouse is selected, the installation program tries to automatically detect the
mouse. Probing works for most modern mice.
If the system has a two-button mouse, a three-button mouse can be emulated by selecting Emulate
3 Buttons. If this option is selected, simultaneously clicking the left and right mouse buttons are
recognized as a middle mouse button click.
From the Time Zone menu, choose the time zone to use for the system. To configure the system to
use UTC, select Use UTC clock.
Enter the desired root password for the system in the Root Password text entry box. Type the same
password in the Confirm Password text box. The second field is to make sure you do not mistype
the password and then realize you do not know what it is after you have completed the installation.
To save the password as an encrypted password in the file, select Encrypt root password. If the
encryption option is selected, when the file is saved, the plain text password that you typed are
encrypted and written to the kickstart file. Do not type an already encrypted password and select to
encrypt it. Because a kickstart file is a plain text file that can be easily read, it is recommended that an
encrypted password be used.
To install languages in addition to the one selected from the Default Language pulldown menu. check
them in the Language Support list. The language selected from the Default Language pulldown
menu is used by default after installation; however, the default can be changed with the Language
Configuration Tool (system-config-language) after installation.
Choosing Target Architecture specifies which specific hardware architecture distribution is used
during installation.
Choosing Reboot system after installation reboots your system automatically after the installation is
finished.
Kickstart installations are performed in graphical mode by default. To override this default and use text
mode instead, select the Perform installation in text mode option.
You can perform a kickstart installation in interactive mode. This means that the installation program
uses all the options pre-configured in the kickstart file, but it allows you to preview the options in each
screen before continuing to the next screen. To continue to the next screen, click the Next button after
you have approved the settings or change them before continuing the installation. To select this type
of installation, select the Perform installation in interactive mode option.
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