Hi, Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive? Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty machines.? examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations. -- Eero
>Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive? >Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty >machines.? >examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.Of course. Check the manual, it specifies places to look when you specify the ks file in the append section.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi> wrote:> > Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive? > Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty > machines.? > examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.I do this when creating VirtualBox VMs on my MacBook. Boot from the DVD/ISO, press "tab" at the first install screen, and point to your ks file with "ks=,,,".
On Aug 18, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi> wrote:> Hi, > > Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive? > Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty > machines.? > examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.Create a USB install thumb drive with the ISO on it, from an installed system loop mount the iso file read/write, overwrite the anaconda.ks with the custom one, umount, then the next install should use the custom anaconda.ks. Use the wiki to find out how to create a USB install, author ISO files and custom kickstarts. If it really must be by DVD then you'll need to burn the modified ISO. -Ross
From: Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi>> Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive? > Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty > machines.?Something like (that was for 5.x): ? mount $MYISO /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o loop ? cp -a /mnt/cdrom /tmp/cdrom ? cp ks.cfg /tmp/cdrom/ ? vim isolinux/isolinux.cfg ? ? default linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg ? # Not sure if still need or why: chmod u+w isolinux/* ? cd /tmp ? mkisofs -o full.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T cdrom JD