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