RE: Kickstart Installation with Altiris

[KENNEDY VAN DAM Eric <Eric KENNEDYvanDAM rvponp fgov be>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : kickstart-list-bounces redhat com 
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces redhat com] De la part de Daniel Segall
> Envoyé : mercredi 17 janvier 2007 15:33
> À : Discussion list about Kickstart
> Objet : Re: Kickstart Installation with Altiris
>  
> My company unfortunately uses Altiris as well. I have about 
> 10 different
> Linux builds (ES3 & ES4, 32bit & 64bit) that I "manage" 
> through Altiris.
>  The builds are all common kickstart images that I house on a Linux
> server running http & nfs. On the Altiris side, you copy the vmlinuz &
> initrd from each distro, and create the "job" that simply boots that
> kernel, and points to your kickstart. Since this was a setup 
> that I took
> over, it still uses DOS as the boot, but it works fine. It's 
> just slow.
> We don't actually use Altiris to do anything other than launch the
> kickstart, and install the proliant tools on our hp servers. 
> Everything
> else is handled in the kickstart config for Linux builds.

Yes that exactly what I want to do. Nfs/http RH server is ready but I don't find a lot of information about the "job" I need to create in Altiris to boot the ks installation. Could give me more information ?

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