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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Here is what I use:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Kickstart file for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Set some basic configuration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>lang en_US<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>langsupport en_US<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>keyboard us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>mouse genericps/2 --emulthree<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># System timezone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>timezone America/New_York<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># where to find the distribution ISOs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>nfs --server xx.xxx.xx.xx --dir /etc/kickstart/osdist/rhel4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Set root password<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>rootpw --iscrypted $$$$$$/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># bootloader<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># do an install<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>install<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Partition configuration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>clearpart --all --initlabel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>part /boot --size 100 --fstype ext3 --asprimary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>part swap --size 16384 --fstype swap --asprimary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>part / --size 3072 --grow --fstype=ext3 --asprimary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># For initial installation get IP addr by dhcp. Post install converts
to static<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>network --bootproto dhcp --device eth0 --hostname xxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Enable shadowed MD5 passwords<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>auth --useshadow --enablemd5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># Disable firewall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>firewall --disabled<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># enable X at boot time<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>xconfig --startxonboot<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'># Install standard packages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>%packages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ admin-tools<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ editors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ emacs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ system-tools<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ dialup<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ compat-arch-support<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ base-x<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ server-cfg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>@ development-tools<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'># a couple of individual RPMs to install<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>grub<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>e2fsprogs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>kernel-smp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>kernel-smp-devel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># PRE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># post-installation script starts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>%post<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>mkdir -p /mnt/tmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>mount xx.xxx.xx.xx:/etc/kickstart /mnt/tmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>cd /mnt/tmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>. ./post-install<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># unmount the disk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>umount /mnt/tmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'># post-installation script ends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Liz Brosch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>TSH System Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Philadelphia</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">19104</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>office: (215) 386-0100 x1144<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>cell: (267) 784-9166<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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