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for instructions. Once that is done, return to the Kickstart Overview page to create the Kickstart
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Profile.
Click on the Create a New Kickstart Profile link from the Systems
wizard that populates the base values needed for a kickstart profile.
1. On the first page, enter a kickstart profile label and select a kickstartable tree for this profile. The
kickstartable tree drop-down menu is only populated if one or more distributions have been created
for the selected base channel.
2. On the second page, select (or enter) the URL of the kickstart tree.
3. On the third page, select a root password for the system. Be sure to follow the password
recommendations from the Password Security section of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security
Guide, available at http://1www.redhat.com/1docs/1manuals/1enterprise/.
The final stage of the wizard presents the Kickstart Details
sub-tabs, nearly every option for the new kickstart profile can be customized. The following sections
describe the options available on each sub-tab.
6.4.9.3.1. Kickstart Details
Figure 6.9. Kickstart Details
The figure above shows the sub-tabs that are available from the Kickstart Details tab.
From the Kickstart Details
• Rename the profile
• Change the operating system it installs by clicking (Change)
• Deactivate the profile so that it cannot be used to schedule a kickstart by removing the Active
checkmark
• Select whether this profile is the default for all of your organization's kickstarts by checking or
unchecking the box.
• Enter comments that are useful to you in distinguishing this profile from others
6.4.9.3.2. Kickstart Details
From this page, you can make the following changes to the operating system that the kickstart profile
installs:
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Details —
Details sub-tab, you can:
Operating System —
Kickstart page to start the brief
Details tab. On this tab and the other