I have a webserver set up and I use that instead of NFS. I put the cd in, boot the system and at the linux prompt, I run something like:
linux: linux ks=http://<kickstart server>/<config file for specific server>
Then I walk away and wait for the heavy lifting to be done. With kickstart, you can script all the post-install configuration that you typically do -- deploying a system is now down to 15 minutes for me. I have stock configs for mail servers, name servers and webservers -- when I need a new one, it's as simple as provisioning the hardware (and even more simple when using virtualization).
If you have a dhcp server, you can do it without a cd at all -- you can use the PXE boot images.
On 12/2/06, Al Sparks <
data345@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want to set up a server that will do network installs of CentOS,
perhaps through NFS.
Ideally, I'd put a CentOS in the CD of the target computer, I boot
it off of that CD, and then the rest is done over my network and
with the server.
Has anyone done that and published it? Where can I find docs?
=== Al
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