-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Klaus Steden wrote: > I could have sworn Dan Trainor said this Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 05:02:55PM -0700 ... >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Howdy - >> >> I did the below, and even went as far as being able to use those >> variables for on-the-fly configuration of some of our proprietary >> applications. It works well. I'm just trying to convey the level of >> flexibility involved here. >> > Further to Dan's point, > > I use Kickstart to manage unattended installs for a variety of systems here - > workstations, dev machines, render nodes of various flavours, miscellaneous > servers, etc. of various flavours of kickstart-ready Linux (RedHat, Fedora, > CentOS, Whitebox, etc.) across multiple sites. > > My install kit is barely 10 MB, and with a USB key or a bootable ISO, I can > run multiple unattended installations simultaneously with just a couple > parameters at boot time, covering a variety of system configurations - > multiple NICs, SCSI vs. IDE vs. SATA, static vs. dynamic IPs, etc. > > It gives me a framework that makes it easy to delegate tasks like this to > people who aren't Linux-savvy (interns, etc.), or even if they are, to do > rapid disaster recovery on workstations and render nodes. > > It's a very powerful framework, if you explore it in some detail. It saves me > a ton of time and allows for very easy automation. > > Klaus > I just run a simple script in %post to set IP's, and other machine specific details. This way, I can just boot a system and walk away. When I come back later, tomorrow, or whenever, it's waiting for my (or anyone else's) input with a few questions. - -Dan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD8nmrKBx1bl6SFWURAsurAJwNA+UHKeCBUn+TZZJB0Rd9KYu5IQCfSrwu CYljyxaLoBTCRAURz0MTn1A= =fDnV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
