[CentOS] Re: unattended install via nfs

[Scott Silva]

MrKiwi spake the following on 5/29/2007 3:27 PM:
> Jean Figarella wrote:
>> joseph tacuyan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/29/07, *Dave* <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com
>>> <mailto:dmehler26 at woh.rr.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>         Does anyone have a guide for setting up an nfs server for
>>> unattended
>>>     deployment of centos5? Basically what i want to do is boot a system
>>>     from CD
>>>     media, pass a boot parameter nfs, and ks= options then walk away,
>>>     the box
>>>     goes out to the nfs server, finds the kickstart file, reads, and
>>>     does it.
>>>     I've got several machines and i'd rather not do manual installs.
>>>     Thanks.
>>>     Dave.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>  Generate a ks.cfg file either using from previous working machine or
>>> just run system-config-kickstart, then have your installation image
>>> exported on nfs server as well you're new ks.cfg file, from you're
>>> would be kickstart client you can boot and issue:
>>>
>>> ks=nfsserver:/export/ks.cfg
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> joseph
>>>
>>>
>>>     _______________________________________________
> 
>>
>> Doesn't Centos 5 gives you the option of adding yum repos to the
>> kickstart file? So if you add the updates repo then it installs an
>> updated os from the get go? Therefor you wouldn't need the yum update -y
>> at the end?
>>
>> Jean
> I've always wondered about that, and also about the option of creating a
> (for example) 4.5 CD (ie the 4.0 iso with the updated packages
> included/replaced so that the end result is a 4.5 machine even before
> you do a 'yum update'.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light?
> 
> MrKiwi
You can download the 4.5 CD's or the DVD already done.
You only need the updates from after the freeze.

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