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Kickstart is the method of automated installation of Linux Systems based on Red Hat or their clones (CentOS, Scientific Linux, Unbreakable Linux, ...)

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Unattended Fedora kickstart that works as CD/DVD *and* USB

Is it possible to create one ISO with one kickstart file that will work correctly when written to CD/DVD and as a USB? As far as I can tell I need two separate versions as modifications are needed in isolinux.cfg (ks=) and ks.cfg (because I access…
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Red Hat Kickstart: How do I get a DVD-ROM based install to work?

I'm trying to create a "Magic DVD" that will install and configure RHEL 6.2 just the way we want it the first time, every time. Here's the process I've been trying to use, just to prove the concept: Perform the install manually as intended. Allow…
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Installing RHEL/CentOS over FTP using kickstart

I have the following command to install CentOS using the virtual vsFTP server that I have at 192.168.122.1: virt-install --name kickstart.example.com --ram 768 \ --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/kickstart.example.com.img,size=12 \ --location…
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How do I base a volume group name on the sytem's name in a cobbler kickstart template?

We normally use autopart for patitioning. However, it's default sizing logic does not match our needs (we want to limit the size of the home logical volume). When we try to manually partition the space (using part, volgroup, logvol) we run into the…
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Kickstart PXE Boot Installation not working

I tried installing PXE Boot Installation Server on RHEL 6.0. I seem to have done everything according to the page: http://www.linux-sxs.org/internet_serving/pxeboot.html. In my case, the client boots, gets DHCP IP address from our server, connects…
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disable gpgcheck when using the repo command in a kickstart file

Is there a way to by-pass the gpgcheck when using the repo command in a kickstart file? I'm trying to define the repository to use for "package" installation. At the moment on install, the first package it tries to grab is,…
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centos 6.2 remote kickstart installation

Using centos 6.2 I would like to kickoff installation via a kickstart file on a remote machine. In centos 5 I noticed that there is an initial prompt where the kickstart location can be set, but I haven't seen anything similar in the centos6 boot…
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Upgrade the Ubuntu puppet package within kickstart process

My Ubuntu based kickstart-host is almost working like it should, serving Ubuntu 10.04 (both i386 & amd64) and CentOS 5.6 to new (VMware-)hosts. One of the things that bothers me is that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS comes with Puppet 0.25.4, but I want to use…
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Kickstart partitioning help

I need to configure a RAID using a kickstart file. I have four hardrives sda sdb sdc and sdd on which I plan to set-up the following partitions: hda1 and hdb1 I want them to be set as a 8GB primary partition, ext3, formated, hda2 and hdb2 a 4GB…
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How to add bind mount in redhat kickstart?

I would like to add a bind mount to my redhat server that gets reimaged via kickstart. Problem I am facing is, it looks like %pre is too early and %post is too late. For example I would like to take out /var and put it in a different real mount like…
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Kickstart installation: Unable to read package metadata

I'm trying to install a CentOS OS with kickstart using HTTP as the installation source. The kickstart server and the installed server are both running on VMs on the same machine. after the anaconda system installer starts it fails with the following…
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Customize Red Hat installation - /mnt/runtime directory

I am installing a RHEL 5.5. I have seen one DVD that have a complex %pre script in ks.cfg and it used some customized python scripts in /mnt/runtime. It's cool and I wish to customize installation like that. I believe /mnt/runtime and its files are…
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RHEL5 Bootable Kickstart DVD - Anaconda ignores my ks.cfg

I have created a kickstart file, ks.cfg, which I wish to package with the RHEL5 install DVD. I extracted all the files from the DVD to a working directory '/root/cd': cp -a /media/RHEL* /root/cd/ I also copied the ".discinfo" file when I realized…
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Multiple RAID controllers plus SAN volumes during CentOS 5 kickstart install

Okay so I ran into a situation while trying to perform a CentOS 5.5 PXE boot kickstart install on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with a PERC6/i RAID controller along with dual LSI Logic/Symbios Logic SAS1068 Fusion-MPT SAS RAID controllers connected to two…
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Kickstarting an Ubuntu Server 10.04 installation (DHCP fails)

I'm trying to automate the network installation of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with an anaconda kickstart and everything seems to running except for the initial DHCP autoconfiguration. The installer attempts to configure the install via DHCP but fails on its…
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