can i boot form CD 1 of FC3 and when I get the "boot> " wirte :
boot> linux ks=http://some.server/ks.cfg ip=1.2.3.4
netmask=255.255.255.128 gateway=1.2.3.1 dns=1.2.3.2
You said you have a DHCP server, why not use it? anyway..
and after take the CD out, because i suppose that he will take the
packages that I specified inside the ks.cfg from the http server?
I can't remember if it tries to access the boot media again, but it will
take the packages from the source defined in the ks.cfg file, where ever it
came from, i.e. I used to use a HTTP ks, with NFS packages.
i have many servers to do the same, so I think i will put everything in
the http server, with different ks.cfg
*nod* good.
do i need to have all of the packages in the same directory?
There are two ways. Yes, one is to put all the packages in the Fedora/RPMS/
structure (as it appears on the CD's), so all the RPM's end up in the same
directory. The other involves using ISO files, but that isn't available for
all file-transfer methods.
Reading the documentation on setting up a KS server would help:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html
(part 8+9) and
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-begininstall-net.html.
>4. is it possible to do the kickstart installation with a diskette? if
yes, how?
It's possible to put the kickstart file on a floppy, but you can't boot
from one as the install images have grown too large in recent releases.
What I did was to create a custom bootable CD with update network and IO
drivers on it for my systems, but I was using dynamically generated ks
configurations, and DHCP in order to automate the entire process.
An alternative I'd recommend looking into if you'll be doing a lot of
installs is network booting, where all the configuration can live on the
server and there's no need to create custom floppies or CDs per host or
per subnet.
bkx
