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Starting a Kickstart Installation

To begin a kickstart installation, you must boot the system from a Red Hat Linux boot disk, and enter a special boot command at the boot prompt. If the kickstart file resides on the boot disk, the proper boot command would be:


boot:
 

linux ks=floppy


	

If, on the other hand, the kickstart file resides on a server, the appropriate boot command would be:


boot:
 

linux ks