Re: Question on kickstart install

[Lakshmi Kumari <lakshmi cisco com>]

Hi,
    Thanks for the info.
    It has a sample kickstart script which has NFS mode of installation.
But i need info when the installation tree is on the same harddrive.

Thanks,
Lakshmi

> Hi,
>    Now, I don't try to test this case yet but I will
> for you. At this time, you can read Red Hat
> Customization or Red Hat Reference Guide (I'm not
> sure). They have Kickstart Installation method. You
> can get it from
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/doc/RH-DOCS/.
>
> Regards,
>    Paitoon Butri
>    Kaiwal Team
>
> --- Lakshmi Kumari <lakshmi@cisco.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >     Not sure whether this is the right alias, but
> > anyway let me try my
> > luck.
> >     I have linux 7.1 installed  . Now i want to
> > install linux again
> > using kickstart where the
> > installation tree is in local drive.
> >
> > I have the redhat installation tree in / which is in
> > /dev/sda5
> >
> > The output of mount on that m/c
> > /dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw)
> > none on /proc type proc (rw)
> > /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/sda7 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/sda8 on /var type ext2 (rw)
> > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> >
> > output of fstab
> > LABEL=/                 /                       ext2
> >    defaults
> > 1 1
> > LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext2
> >    defaults
> > 1 2
> > /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto
> >    noauto,owner
> > 0 0
> > LABEL=/tmp              /tmp                    ext2
> >    defaults
> > 1 2
> > LABEL=/var              /var                    ext2
> >    defaults
> > 1 2
> > none                    /proc                   proc
> >    defaults
> > 0 0
> > none                    /dev/pts
> > devpts  gid=5,mode=620
> > 0 0
> > /dev/sda6               swap                    swap
> >    defaults
> > 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom
> > iso9660
> > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0
> > 0
> >
> > I have done these steps
> >
> > *edit lilo.conf adding the new image and adding
> > append="ks=hd:/dev/sda5/ks.cfg", as i have ks.cfg in
> > / in /dev/sda5
> > partition.
> >
> > * in the ks.cfg file,  specify what type of
> > kickstart is being done
> > harddrive --partition <partition> --dir <dir>
> >
> > in what partition will the installation be done ?
> > here in the above line, should i have to mention as
> >
> > harddrive --partition /dev/sda5 --dir /
> > or
> > should i have to mention the partition for linux to
> > be installed ?
> >
> > Also, i am assuming when using harddrive type of
> > kickstart, i should not
> >
> > add
> > clearpart all, as it will delete all the partitions
> > and hence it will
> > not have the installation tree .
> > Please correct me, if i am wrong.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Lakshmi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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