Kickstart Install via HTTP

[Rick Stevens]

RUSHE John (AXA-TECH-UK) wrote:
> Hi Rick,
> 
> The version is Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3.0 ES and AS.
> 
> Do you remember which Linux versions are affected by this inability to
> specify the port number on the kickstart url statement?

Looking back over the archives and bug reports, it appears that
kickstart has never supported alternate port numbers.

How do you get around this?  Well, if the webserver supports host
headers, you might try configuring the webserver for multiple sites, and
direct the URL you're using for the install to a different DocumentRoot
for the installs (in Apache, this is in the "<VirtualHost>" directive
block).  Alternately you might want to try using an NFS or FTP install.
That will prevent a conflict between your live website and the
installation subsystem.
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