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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Ubuntu Kickstart - LVM Partitioning using two HDD's not working and fdisk -l output makes no sense on successful single disk deploy
I have read so many kickstart configs and pressed recipes that my head is spinning, and I just need some help or clarification regarding this. Before I go too much into the config, the gist is that I am trying to create an unattended Ubuntu Server…
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Centos 8 Kickstart installation ignoring custom partioning
I am installing Centos 8 on a hard drive that already has a Centos 7 installation. I created a kickstart file by performing the installation manually. When I try to use the kickstart file it fails to pick up the custom partitioning information and…
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CentOS 8 KVM under CentOS 7 -- Kickstart Network Install Fails
We have CentOS 8 KVM running under CentOS 7. Everything seems to be working well for us once the KVM is up and running. We are using kickstart to bootstrap the KVM. We are having problems automating the network install sequence.
Each time we…
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CentOS7 Kickstart issue
I've prepared a ks.cfg file and validated it with ksvalidator, however it doesn't seem to do what I wish it was doing.
For example - it keeps going into graphical mode despite specifying text option. Next it stops at language section, just so I…
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Network Boot via Ansible
Environment - I've installed Ansible and using its vSphere_Guest API. This is connecting to my vSphere and successfully creating a virtual machine. I already have a satellite server with kickstart, configured with cobbler, which perfectly installs…
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How to encrypt boot partition in CentOS 7 kickstart?
I have a kickstart file for CentOS 7 Minimal. I would like to add encryption only to my /boot partition. but when I added the following line in the kickstart file, the complete installation fails. The kickstart encrypt line is
part /boot…
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How to create CentOS7 ISO image with kickstart file?
I'm trying to create a CentOS 7 ISO image to use it later with Virtualbox. That ISO should include a ks.cfg file also.
I've followed the steps under How to create a custom ISO image in CentOS, but I get one ISO with only 70MB of size which cannot…
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How do I automate suppling the network location of the kickstart config file when booting a Redhat variant 7 install iso
When booting a Scientific Linux 7 install iso for example, one could immediately hit tab and add some text to specify the location of the ks.cfg file they would like to use.
I would like to automate this completely so no human intervention is…
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linux redhat + login prompt keep getting again and again
we installed new server redhat version - 6.7 from kick start,
after installation complete successfully we get the login prompt
but I am unable to login locally on my redhat linux 6.7 server.
The login prompt keep getting again and again , and I cant…
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Kickstart fails on SSD disk
Trying to deploy a 2xSSD server (with mdraid level 1), errors on the 1st line:
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda,sdb
with the message "sda not found".
As the SSD is SATA3, shouldn't it be called via the standard sdX names?
The machine is…
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How can I package up a Linux installation into an .iso so I can install elsewhere?
I want to be able to install a base server (CentOS) and configure with some custom apps, then package that into an image file. I'll then use that image file to install duplicate servers. How can I do this?
Post-close edit: It appears that people…
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