On 28/08/10 19:48, Ankur Sinha wrote:
hi,
I'm trying to use a kickstart file to automate the installation of F13
on a headless machine (no monitor, no keyboard, no mouse, all there is a
CPU). I created a kickstart with the help of system-config-kickstart,
and added it to a F13i386 dvd using powerIso.
Interesting, I have no idea if that
could work.
I placed this ks.cfg in
(1) the top dir of the iso, and (2) in the isolinux dir (I made two
different isos and tried them on a VM). Is there anything more I need to
do?
Since the machine has no keyboard or anything, I need the process to
be
*fully* automated.
Can you develop the boot/kickstart/ with kvm plugged in, and
then when
finalised remove the kvm ?
Or in vnc (server) mode, so that you have a gui on another machine (ie
need network card).
To what point does the boot get ?
I would expect that without parameters like text being placed in the
(equivalent of) grub for the iso, there would be a 30 second timeout (on
the grub screen), then the disk check and so on, that you would need the
keyboard for.
You are going to have to put partition info in the kickstart...
Have you read the wiki regarding this stuff ?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/HowItWorks
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
maybe:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/12/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-mo...
(el5 some stuff has changed since (fedora 6) eg repo ):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_...
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_...
You might also like to post your work in progress (eg at
fpaste.org),
and provide a link here, so that people can take a look.