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Chapter 10. Installing Linux with kickstart
Kickstart is an automated way of installing RHEL 5.2. Using kickstart, you can create a single
file that answers all of the questions usually asked during an interactive installation.
In Chapter 9, “Configuring RHEL 5.2 for cloning” on page 129, you cloned to LINUX01 and
created three new user IDs for virtual servers. In this chapter, you will kickstart a RHEL 5.2
system to LINUX02. In comparison, cloning a server is faster, assuming the FLASHCOPY
command is available. However, kickstarting a server is more flexible, because it allows for
different package configurations as well as pre-installation and post-installation scripting.
The controller is now configured as an installation server, with the installation tree shared
using NFS. You will now configure it as a kickstart server to perform automated installations
over the network. Then you will install the final Linux server with kickstart.
The following steps are involved in installing Linux with kickstart:
Configure the controller for kickstart
Configure the LINUX02 user for kickstart
Kickstart the LINUX02 user
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