Per Karanbir's request on Planet CentOS, below is an anaconda-ks.cfg from an install as in the Subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. install cdrom lang en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us xconfig --startxonboot network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp rootpw --iscrypted $1$1jBzy9QU$Dtyah.fFghDGGPQPlibt10 firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 selinux --enforcing timezone America/New_York bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb quiet" # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work #clearpart --linux --drives=sda #part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda #part pv.6 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda #volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.6 #logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024 --grow #logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1000 --grow --maxsize=1984 %packages @office @development-libs @editors @text-internet @gnome-desktop @dialup @core @base @games @emacs @base-x @graphics @printing @kde-desktop @sound-and-video @development-tools @graphical-internet kdepim emacs device-mapper-multipath xorg-x11-server-Xnest xorg-x11-server-Xvfb kdegraphics libsane-hpaio kdemultimedia imake -sysreport