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On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:04:11PM +0100, Niall Brady wrote:
> >(guess who inspired them?).  pc hardware is dumb, so you'll need to use
> >a floppy.  otoh, every jumpstart config i've seen required rarp plus
> >plugging the new box's ethernet+ip into a file.  a kickstart boot can
> >just use a dhcp server.
> Aye, but it'll still need a /boot/kickstart/$VER/$IP-kickstart won't it
> to proceed automatically?  [or am I completely off track there?]

it's been a while since i did a kickstart install.  my memory is that
you put a file on a standard redhat boot disk that essentially scripts
the install.  there are a slew of options - you can have it fetch it's
install script from a tftpd server for instance (similar to jumpstart),
or it can all be on the floppy.

kevin

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