Hi,

Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
machines.?
examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.

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>Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
>Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
>machines.?
>examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.

Of course. Check the manual, it specifies places to look when you specify
the ks file in the append section.
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
> Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
> machines.?
> examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.

I do this when creating VirtualBox VMs on my MacBook.

Boot from the DVD/ISO, press "tab" at the first install screen, and
point to your ks file with "ks=,,,".
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>Boot from the DVD/ISO, press "tab" at the first install screen, and
>point to your ks file with "ks=,,,".

Right, but that doesn't answer his question. The op does not have
ip connectivity:

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html


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On Aug 18, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
> Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
> machines.?
> examples? ftp/http/dhcp is not possible due to network limitations.

Create a USB install thumb drive with the ISO on it, from an installed system loop mount the iso file read/write, overwrite the anaconda.ks with the custom one, umount, then the next install should use the custom anaconda.ks.

Use the wiki to find out how to create a USB install, author ISO files and custom kickstarts.

If it really must be by DVD then you'll need to burn the modified ISO.

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From: Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi>

> Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
> Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
> machines.?

Something like (that was for 5.x):
* mount $MYISO /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o loop
* cp -a /mnt/cdrom /tmp/cdrom
* cp ks.cfg /tmp/cdrom/
* vim isolinux/isolinux.cfg
* * default linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
* # Not sure if still need or why: chmod u+w isolinux/*
* cd /tmp
* mkisofs -o full.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T cdrom

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It is certainly possible, but why would you do that since DVD let alone CDROM drives are so slow...why don't you try it via network using HTTPD or vsFTP...its much quicker and u can make it all automated...something to think about.
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From: Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi>

> Is is possible to use kickstart file to install rhel from dvd drive?
> Mainly idea is to clone one anaconda.ks file to about twenty
> machines.?

Something like (that was for 5.x):
* mount $MYISO /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o loop
* cp -a /mnt/cdrom /tmp/cdrom
* cp ks.cfg /tmp/cdrom/
* vim isolinux/isolinux.cfg
* * default linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
* # Not sure if still need or why: chmod u+w isolinux/*
* cd /tmp
* mkisofs -o full.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T cdrom

JD
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Joseph L. Casale
<jcasale@activenetwerx.com> wrote:
>>
>>Boot from the DVD/ISO, press "tab" at the first install screen, and
>>point to your ks file with "ks=,,,".
>
> Right, but that doesn't answer his question. The op does not have
> ip connectivity:
>
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html

"network limitations" can also mean that the OP doesn't want to
download all the packages from his network not that the network's
unavailable...
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