kickstart installations

From: Chadley Wilson (chadley_at_pinteq.co.za)
Date: 07/16/04

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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:21:44 +0200

    Greetings,

    sorry this is a big one!

    I am using the ks=nfs:servername:/dir/ks.cfg method for installing via
    network, it is quite impressive to see it all work.
    Last night we had an emergency where I quickly had to configure to linux
    distribution servers,
    It was quite easy, a simple nfs share and we loaded 140 PCs last night.
    I have attached my ks.cfg file for all to see and use. The installation
    was run from two ordinary celeron 2.4 gig boxes with 256 mb ram,
    everything on board (msi 7005 mainboards). I used a western digital 120
    gig drive in the 1st machine and a seagate barracuda 80 gig in the 2nd.
    the 1st machine had the files copied from the cd into the nfs dir, and
    the second had the isos which I created with dd command. These two
    machines are now the nfs or distribution servers as my boss like call
    them.
    I ran a minimum of 8 systems per server and it was interesting to see
    that the 1st server was on average 5 minutes slower than the second.

    could that be because it has the files copied and not isos?

    the average install times from the 1st server were between 13 and 18
    minutes and from the second server between 9 and 11 minutes.

    the second question is "How do I make the %post section eject the cdrom
    after the installation?"

    and the third question a little more tricky to explain is "In the
    partitioning section,

    clearpart --linux --drives=hda

    this option causes a warning to popup during the installation, I know
    why, but how can I tell it not to prompt me?"

    My reasons are simple we manufacture PCs they all have blank hard drives
    so I would like the installation to run unattended, this prompt just
    causes delays for me, having to run back to the PC at bench 1 to hit
    enter, when I am at bench 16 40 meters away :-}.

    This is my ks.cfg file for fedora core 1 :-}

    ==========================================================
    # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
    text
    install
    nfs --server=192.168.10.3 --dir=/fc1
    lang en_US.UTF-8
    langsupport --default en_ZA.UTF-8 en_ZA.UTF-8
    keyboard us
    mouse genericwheelps/2 --device psaux
    xconfig --card "VESA driver (generic)" --videoram 31680 --hsync
    30.0-54.0 --vsync 50.0-120.0 --resolution 1024x768 --depth 24
    --startxonboot --defaultdesktop gnome
    network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
    rootpw --iscrypted $1$7f38PgYc$puxAfwfa/0IvHCDI.QEnq1
    firewall --disabled
    authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
    timezone Africa/Johannesburg
    bootloader --location=mbr --append rhgb
    clearpart --linux --drives=hda
    part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=hda
    part / --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --grow --ondisk=hda
    part swap --size=96 --grow --maxsize=192 --ondisk=hda
                                                                                    
    %packages
    @ office
    @ dialup
    @ sound-and-video
    @ editors
    @ admin-tools
    @ base-x
    @ gnome-desktop
    @ graphics
    @ printing
    @ games
    @ text-internet
    @ graphical-internet
    kernel
    grub
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
    %post
    /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 pcmcia off
    /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 isdn off
    /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 rhnsd off
    eject

    Many thanks for your time, 

    -- 
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