Create Rh7 Install Disk Image (Target Hd); Rh7 Scripted Install (Network) - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

RH8 Scripted Install (Network)
Scripts
Deployment Solution
Description This job deploys the RedHat Linux operating system using the Network
scripted install model. The network method copies the RedHat files from an FTP, NFS, or
HTTP server during the operating system installation. See the Deployment Solution User
Guide for instructions on setting up an FTP server for this purpose.
Additional files required
<DS install path>\IMAGES\RH80_FTP.IMG.
the Create RH8 Install Disk Image (Network) job described above. You may
have changed the name. This image file contains a DOS bootable partition with the
basic RedHat files that facilitate a RedHat Kickstart install.
RedHat Kickstart answer file, located in the
directory.
INSTALL\REDHAT
What this task does This job starts a RedHat Kickstart operating system install on a
client using the Network install method. It downloads the
you have named it) to the selected client. This creates a 2 Gig FAT16 DOS bootable
partition with files to facilitate a RedHat Kickstart install. It reboots the client so that
DOS will recognize the newly created DOS partition. It uses a Scripted OS Install task
to start the unattended install on the client. This task contains the location of the
operating system install files located on the FTP server as well as the Kickstart file to be
used for the operating system install.
Steps to use
1. Make a copy of the sample job.
2. Edit the Deploy Image task and change the name of the image file to the name
you created with the Create RH8 Install Disk Image (Network) job described
above.
3. Edit the Scripted OS Install task and change the location of the Kickstart answer
file.
4. Change the hard drive ID in the Command Line edit box to the proper ID for the
target system. The default is
drive ID.
5. Change the name of the job to reflect the desired purpose (optional).
6. Assign the job to a computer or computer group.
These jobs are provided to give some ideas of things that can be accomplished by
scripting. The scripts have been divided into scripts for Windows and scripts for Linux:
Send Email if Disk Space Low (Linux)
Logevent Script (Linux) (page 472)
Restart HTTPD Service (Linux)
Move Computer to Default Container (Windows)
Move Computer to Specific OU (Windows)
Send Error Email (Windows)
System Jobs for Deployment Solution
\SAMPLES\SCRIPTED OS
ks=hd:hda1/ks.cfg
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This is the image file created by
image (or whatever
RH80_FTP
where is the default hard
hda1
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