[ale] Disk Image Question

[Eric Z. Ayers]

I've used kickstart to script an installation.  There are things about 
it that could be better, but it works pretty well. there is a sample
kickstart file on the CD (along with the source to anaconda - the 
installer program).  look under the doc directory for "sample.ks"

-Eric.

Fletch writes:
 > 
 >         If you're planning to use RedHat, you might want look into
 > their kickstart installation mechanism.  It allows you to create your
 > own custom installation specification that details how to find network 
 > information, what rpms to load, lets you write a script to be run post 
 > install, yadda yadda yadda.  Similar to Solaris' Jumpstart.
 > 
 >         Search redhat.com for kickstart, but I believe it's documented
 > as an appendix to their Installation Guide. Also c.f. the mkkickstart
 > manual page to get a sample script generated from an installed
 > machine's configuration.
 > 
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