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. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!