7.10. Starting a Kickstart Installation
prompt. The installation program looks for a kickstart file if the ks command line argument is passed to the kernel.
- Boot Diskette
If the kickstart file is located on a boot diskette as described in Section 7.8.1 Creating a Kickstart Boot Diskette, boot the system with the diskette in the drive, and enter the following command at the boot: prompt:
linux ks=floppy
- CD-ROM #1 and Diskette
The linux ks=floppy command also works if the ks.cfg file is located on a vfat or ext2 file system on a diskette and you boot from the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM #1.
boot: prompt:
linux ks=hd:fd0:/ks.cfg
- With Driver Disk
If you need to use a driver disk with kickstart, specify the dd option as well. For example, to boot off a boot diskette and use a driver disk, enter the following command at the boot: prompt:
linux ks=floppy dd
- Boot CD-ROM
If the kickstart file is on a boot CD-ROM as described in Section 7.8.2 Creating a Kickstart Boot CD-ROM, insert the CD-ROM into the system, boot the system, and enter the following command at the boot: prompt (where ks.cfg is the name of the kickstart file):
linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
Other options to start a kickstart installation are as follows:
- ks=nfs:<server>:/<path>
The installation program will look for the kickstart file on the NFS server <server>, as file <path>/mydir/ks.cfg, the correct boot command would be ks=nfs:server.example.com:/mydir/ks.cfg.
- ks=http://<server>/<path>
The installation program will look for the kickstart file on the HTTP server <server>, as file <path>/mydir/ks.cfg, the correct boot command would be ks=http://server.example.com/mydir/ks.cfg.
- ks=floppy
The installation program looks for the file ks.cfg on a vfat or ext2 file system on the diskette in /dev/fd0.
- ks=floppy:/<path>
The installation program will look for the kickstart file on the diskette in /dev/fd0, as file <path>.
- ks=hd:<device>:/<file>
The installation program will mount the file system on <device> (which must be vfat or ext2), and look for the kickstart configuration file as <file> in that file system (for example, ks=hd:sda3:/mydir/ks.cfg).
Note The second colon is a syntax change for Red Hat Linux 9.
- ks=file:/<file>
The installation program will try to read the file <file> from the file system; no mounts will be done. This is normally used if the kickstart file is already on the initrd image.
- ks=cdrom:/<path>
The installation program will look for the kickstart file on CD-ROM, as file <path>.
- ks
If ks to read the kickstart file from (by default, this is the same as the DHCP server). The name of the kickstart file is one of the following:
If DHCP is specified and the bootfile begins with a /, the bootfile provided by DHCP is looked for on the NFS server.
If DHCP is specified and the bootfile begins with something other then a /, the bootfile provided by DHCP is looked for in the /kickstart directory on the NFS server.
If DHCP did not specify a bootfile, then the installation program tries to read the file /kickstart/1.2.3.4-kickstart, where 1.2.3.4 is the numeric IP address of the machine being installed.
- ksdevice=<device>
to the system through the eth1 device, use the command ks=nfs:<server>:/<path> ksdevice=eth1 at the boot: prompt.
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