its very simple to short about automated instalation on linux using Kickstart

1. About kickstart in
Red Hat Linux
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2. Overvew
 What is kickstart
 Why we use kickstart
 Kickstart installer
 Create kickstart file
 Boot the installer
 Kickstart configuration (Example; use cd-rom)
 Known issue
 Kickstart resources

3. What is Kickstart
 Kickstart is a installation method is used primarily (but not exclusively) by the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux operating system to automatically perform unattended
operating system installation and configuration.
 Comparirison :Kickstart in Red Hat Linux is similar to jumpstart for Oracle Solaris
or to an unattendent installation for Microsoft Windows

4. Why we use Kickstart
 A system administrator can create a single file containing the answers to all the
questions typically asked during an installation
 Save time installing
 Same configuration many computers
 Quick installation system
 Un attendant installation system
 Using Kickstart not only saves time, but it brings a certain amount of consistency
into play, assuring that every machine created with the same Kickstart file will
meet the same initial specification.

5. Kickstart installer
 Kickstart installations can only be performed using a local CD-ROM
 A local hard drive
 NFS installation methods.
 FTP and HTTP installations cannot be automated using kickstart mode.
 (Starting with RedHat 7.0 and higher, FTP and HTTP are now supported)

6. Create kickstart file
 You will install system-config-kickstart
 Go to Application –system tools –click kickstart
 To use kickstart mode, you must first create a kickstart file (ks.cfg), and make it
available to the Red Hat Linux installation program.
 Copy this file (ks.cfg ) and paste /var/www/html


7. Boot the installer
 Installation disks
 PXE
 Boot.iso

8. Kickstart configuration (Example; use cd-
rom)
 Point to the installer to the kickstart file
 Press Tab
 Vmlinuz initrd=initrd. Img ks=http//ip address(source)/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 ip=
address netmask=address(if you set a ip)

9. Known issue
 Always read the release notes carefully for every relesase

10. Kickstart resources
 Red Hat System Administration ll
 www.redhat.com
 Searche engine google

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