Re: ks documentation and some questions

[Tammy Fox <tfox redhat com>]

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html
will tell you where to put the ks.cfg file and the command to start it.

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:24:09PM -0400, Chris Rouch wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there any documentation (official or otherwise) for the server side of the
> kickstart install? By this I mean details on how to customize installs,
> include updates, burn new cd's and so on. google finds bits and pieces, but
> I've yet to find anything like a howto (yes, I've seen the kickstart howto,
> but that doesn't really cover customization).
> 
> I'm aiming towards a customized cd, with a bunch of non-redhat rpms as well 
> as all the latest updates. I've mostly worked out how to do this by trial and 
> error, but I'd like to be sure I know what I'm doing before I start turning 
> CDs into coasters.
> 
> I copy all the rpms that I want into a .../RedHat/RPMS directory. 
> I run genhdlist - Can someone tells me what this does? I've read that I need 
> to run it, but I'd like to know why.
> I edit .../RedHat/base/comps and take out all the rpms that I'm not going to 
> install. I'm surprised that I need to do this, but if I leave them in, even 
> the language specific ones, then I get a traceback once anaconda starts.
> I add my rpm bundles.
> 
> I then install over nfs and 20 minutes later have a working system. So far so 
> good. Now I want to turn it into a cd. I modify ks.cfg so that it installs 
> from cdrom rather than nfs.
> 
> Do I put ks.cfg in the root directory of the cd or somewhere else?
> Should I use boot.img or bootnet.img to create the cd?
> Is this how to make the cd image?
> 
> mkisofs -b boot.img -c boot.cat -o /tmp/custom72.iso -r -T \
>         -p cdvr pobox com -P www.redhat.com \
>         -A Custom_7.2 -V RH7.2_CR .
> 
> To boot, is it "linux ks=cdrom" or some other incantation? And is it possible 
> to make this the default, so I can just power on and walk away?
> 
> Any help, comment or pointers to online docs will be greatly appreciated
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Chris Rouch
> 
> 
> 
> 
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