How Do You Perform a Kickstart Installation?

Kickstart installations can be performed using a local CD-ROM, a local hard drive, or via NFS, FTP, or HTTP.

To use kickstart, you must:

  1. Create a kickstart file.

  2. Create a boot disk with the kickstart file or make the kickstart file available on the network.

  3. Start the kickstart installation.

This chapter explains these steps in detail.