[ILUG] Linux@Work - kickstart

[David Murphy]

Quoting <200003092228.WAA75391 at mail.iol.ie>
by kevin.lyda at itg.ie:

> http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-11/lw-11-kickstart.html

> the idea is that a single floppy and a server with the redhat cd (or
> iso image) plus extra stuff you want is all it takes to install a
> system. no clicks or keystrokes, just slap in the disk and press
> power on.

One additional feature I'd copy from JumpStart is centralising the
config files. For those not familiar with JumpStart, ther's a rules
file that is basically a table of identifiers against configuration
profiles,. Identifiers can be things like IP address, ethernet
address, architecture, size of the root disk, etc. etc. It's nicer
'cos you don't need to have a different boot procedure for different
types of install client, i.e. you'd have just the one boot floppy on a
typical PC, or execute just the one network boot command on machines
that can boot off the net.

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