Not sure about splitting the distro and all, but for the kickstart portion, try this: default linux prompt 1 display general.msg label install kernel vmlinuz append ks=floppy initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 Works perfectly with no other modifications. -brad > Hello, > > I'm trying to do a hands off install from cdrom for RH8. What i've done so far: > > 1. copy all 3 cds to a directory on my hd. > 2. trim out the packages I don't need. > 3. rebuilt the hdlist. > 4. created my kickstart file including delete all partitions and create new ones. > 5. mounted the dosutils/autoboot/initrd image, and copy my ks.cfg into the /tmp directory > on the image. Unmount it. > 6. Edit the /isolinux/isolinux.cfg, and set ks=file. > 7. Made an ISO image with: > mkisofs -o ../linux.iso -V 'RH Install' \ > -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table . > 8. Burn the cd with: > cdrecord -v speed=24 dev=0,0,0 linux.iso > > > Boot it on my test machine, and anaconda doesn't seem to see my kickstart file as it asks > for langauge etc. If I select the options, it still says it can't find the redhat cd. Does the RPM-GPG-KEY > need to be rebuilt? > > Any other ideas? I need just a simple install, but the computers these will get installed > to won't have any keyboard/mouse/monitor hooked up (print servers). > > Thanks for any pointers. > > -TB > > > > > > > -- Brad Doctor, CISSP