Hi, Thanks for your reply. I'd probably be doing them in pairs spread out over a long period. I'd be interested in your php kickstart setup script. Thanks. Dave. On 10/13/09, Tait Clarridge <tait at clarridge.ca> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 20:06 -0400, David Mehler wrote: >> Hi, >> Thanks for all your replies. I checked out spacewalk and cobbler, both >> of which look like they require a network support infrastructure, at >> least a tftp server. I want to use a CD or DVD. Kickstart sounds like >> the way to go, but i'm looking to have everything self contained, for >> example if i want to install the postfix package, i'll want to remove >> sendmail, set up postfix to start at selected runlevels and configure >> the main.cf and master.cf files so that when the box reboots postfix >> is ready to go. I'd also like to have this install as slimmed down as >> possible, for example i probably won't be using x so i'd prefer not to >> have any x packages in the install dvd. >> Thanks. >> Dave. > > I believe recently there was a thread posted about respinning a DVD for > these purposes, you could also have a network install CD pointing to a > local repository on your network and a kickstart on an internal > webserver. > > Kickstart is very robust, I am pretty sure you can get it to do anything > you want (especially after the install is complete). > > I currently have a kickstart script that installs packages for a > PHP/mysql setup (as well as the base files) and then updates everything > before rebooting. It also disables a few services that I do not require. > > I suggest hitting google for more kickstart tips/tricks.. as there are a > lot of things you can do. The issue would be that for each of the new > systems that you want to bring up unattended, you would possibly need to > burn a new CD or change the kickstart config file on your web server. > This would be because I am pretty sure that you do not want to have > multiple machines using the exact same configuration information. > > Would you be doing multiple machines at once? Or one at a time, spread > out over long periods. >