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Linux and Solaris Kickstarts and Jumpstarts



On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 16:01 -0500, Rusty Shackleford wrote:
> At work we have multiple systems that are different platforms.  I was
> looking for an easier way to install things over and over again and someone
> told me that for solaris and linux I could make jumpstarts and kickstarts.
> I was wondering if there is an easy way to do it.  I would need to make 12
> separate ones thats why I don't want to write them each by hand.  Any ideas?

If you're using Redhat or its derivatives (Fedora, CentOS, ...), you'll 
find a kickstart file in /root/anaconda-ks.cfg that can be used to 
install new machines that will be built exactly the same as the current 
machine. 


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