[CentOS] Kickstart from floppy falling into regular install

Fri Jul 28 16:25:15 UTC 2006
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

Alfred von Campe wrote:
> On Jul 28, 2006, at 11:33, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> I took my anaconda-ks.cfg file, cp to ks.cfg and copied to a floppy
>>
>> The isos have been copied to an ftp server. So I had the following 
>> lines in my ks.cfg
>>
>> intall
>> url ftp://10.1.1.1// (yes the ftp server's directory is the Centos 
>> directory)
>
> It might help if you posted your actual ks.cfg file (or at least the 
> first 10 lines or so). The two lines you posted both have typos in them.
Here you are. I had a little bit of fun actually getting the ks.cfg on 
this system to include it into this email....

# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.

install
url --url ftp://192.168.128.4//.
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
xconfig --card "ATI Mach64" --videoram 4096 --hsync 30-70 --vsync 50-120 
--resolution 800x600 --depth 16 --startxonboot --defaultdesktop gnome
network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.128.5 --netmask 
255.255.255.248 --gateway 192.168.128.1 --nameserver 192.168.128.1 
--hostname homebase.htt-consult.com
rootpw --iscrypted <hash removed for obvious reasons>
firewall --disabled
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
timezone America/Detroit
bootloader --location=mbr --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
#part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --asprimary
#part pv.33 --size=38075
#part swap --size=1024
#volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.33
#logvol /home --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=25728
#logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=12288

%packages
@ office
@ mysql
@ admin-tools
@ editors
@ system-tools
@ legacy-network-server
@ dns-server
@ gnome-desktop
@ dialup
@ ftp-server
@ network-server
@ smb-server
@ base-x
@ graphics
@ web-server
@ printing
@ mail-server
@ server-cfg
@ sound-and-video
system-config-samba
system-config-httpd
-vim-enhanced
mod_auth_mysql
-rwho
e2fsprogs
mailman
mysql-server
-HelixPlayer
grub
-rhythmbox
-openoffice.org-libs
system-config-printer
krb5-server
-dia
system-config-boot
tftp-server
-openoffice.org-i18n
-planner
openldap-servers
lvm2
-rusers
hpoj
-cdparanoia
amanda-server
freeradius
php-mysql
-openoffice.org
gnome-nettool
net-snmp-utils
nmap-frontend
nedit
amanda-client
tsclient
-dovecot
vnc-server
dhcp
-sound-juicer
kernel
ethereal-gnome
system-config-kickstart
system-config-printer-gui
mod_authz_ldap
-gnome-pilot

%post


> BTW, any reason you chose ftp over http or NFS? 
Well I am in a 'bootstrap' situation.

I have the isos on a Win2000 server that I have 3Com's little ftp/tftp 
app. I don't YET have an HTTP or NFS Linux system to use for running 
installs off from.

If I can get this new system set up, well it is scheduled to be my NT 
domain controller, NFS server, and internal HTTP server. But the yum 
update stalled and I gave up fighting deleting dups, but now I can't 
remember how to turn a anaconda-ks.cfg into a floppy ks.cfg. I did it 
back in March when I had 4 identical servers to set up.....

(and I never entered my steps into my freemind docs).