Am Dienstag, den 13.10.2009, 02:06 +0200 schrieb David Mehler: > 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. This can all be done with kickstart but you will have to have a quite big uniqe kickstart config for each machine. And then all that CD-waste... I'd really rethink the network-install options. financial.com AG Munich head office/Hauptsitz München: Maria-Probst-Str. 19 | 80939 München | Germany Frankfurt branch office/Niederlassung Frankfurt: Messeturm | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 | 60327 Frankfurt | Germany Management board/Vorstand: Dr. Steffen Boehnert | Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer | Dr. Yann Samson | Matthias Wiederwach Supervisory board/Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Dr. Ernst zur Linden (chairman/Vorsitzender) Register court/Handelsregister: Munich – HRB 128 972 | Sales tax ID number/St.Nr.: DE205 370 553