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Chapter 10. Installing Linux with kickstart
Kickstart is an automated way of installing RHEL 6. 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 6 for cloning” on page 155, you cloned to LINUX01 and
created three new user IDs for virtual servers. In this chapter, you kickstart a RHEL 6 system
to LINUX02. In comparison, cloning a server is faster, assuming the FLASHCOPY command
is available. However, kickstarting a server is more flexible, as it allows for different package
configurations and pre-installation and post-installation scripting.
The cloner is now configured as an installation server using NFS to share the installation tree.
You will now configure it as a kickstart server to perform automated installations over the
network. The following steps are involved in installing Linux with kickstart:
“Configuring the cloner for kickstart” on page 176
“Configuring the LINUX02 user for kickstart” on page 178
“Kickstarting the LINUX02 user” on page 178
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