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Important
RHN Satellite Server users should note that channels imported with
are made available automatically and do not require the creation of a separate installation
tree. These trees are available to client systems that kickstart through the Satellite. While
you may be able to access the files from a non-kickstarting client, this functionality is not
supported and may be removed at any time in the future.
To create a new distribution, enter an intuitive label (without spaces) in the Distribution
Label field, such as my-orgs-rhel-as-4. In the External Location field, paste the
URL to the base of the installation tree. (You can test this by appending "README" to the
URL in a Web browser, pressing [Enter], and ensuring that the distribution's readme file
appears.)
In the Autokickstart RPM field, enter the auto-ks kernel image for the distribution. You
can find all of the available packages by searching packages for "auto-kickstart". Identify
the appropriate package based upon the distribution to be kickstarted. It should look some-
thing like, "auto-kickstart-ks-rhel-i386-as-4". Strip everything preceding the "ks" to derive
the boot image. For instance, in the above example, you would enter "ks-rhel-i386-as-4" in
the Autokickstart RPM field.
Select the matching distribution from the Base Channel and Installer Generation
dropdown menus, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for x86)
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, respectively. When finished, click the Create
button.
6.4.10.10. Kickstart ⇒ File Preservation —
Collects lists of files to be protected and re-deployed on systems during kickstart. For
instance, if you have many custom configuration files located on a system to be kickstarted,
enter them here as a list and associate that list with the kickstart profile to be used.
To use this feature, click the create new file preservation list link at the top and enter
a relevant label and all files and directories to be preserved on the resulting page. Enter
absolute paths to all files and directories. Then click Create List.
Important
Although file preservation is useful, it does have limitations. First, each list is limited to
a total size of 1 MB. Further, special devices like
supported. Finally, only file and directory names may be entered. No regular expression
wildcards can be included.
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