[et-mgmt-tools] [Fwd: Kickstart Tips and Tricks]
Michael DeHaan
mdehaan at redhat.com
Mon Jul 9 21:43:05 UTC 2007
drew einhorn wrote:
> This paper suggests considering Kickstart Configurator (KC).
>
> This was one of the first tools I tried. I found it unsatisfactory.
>
> It choked on reading a network configuration with a secondary dns server.
>
> I don't like the way it writes it's kickstart files. I write my
> kickstart files
> with the commands in a logical order that makes more sense to me.
> After I make changes using KC the order of the commands is
> scrambled. And lines I have commented out because I don't want them
> in the current config, but may change my mind and reinstate them
> later just disappear.
>
> Think there was one more issue but I can't remember it right now.
>
> Anyway I decided it way more trouble that it was worth, and
> stopped using it.
system-config-kickstart is quite useful for exploring choices in
kickstart options.
It is true that pykickstart can choke on loading some variations of
kickstart files, however. In which case,
it's still a nice starting point for building something from scratch,
and you can refine the results later.
Anyhow, this is more on-topic for kickstart-list :)
>
> On 7/9/07, *Michael DeHaan* < mdehaan at redhat.com
> <mailto:mdehaan at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
> This post from kickstart list contains some interesting items
> related to
> Kickstart Fu that would probably be of interest to most people
> here who are
> interested in provisioning. Cobbler has a cameo. Thanks, Chip!
>
> If you are not already on kickstart-list, it's
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
> <http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list>
>
> --Michael
>
> All,
>
> As promised, I have finally completed the presentation for
> LinuxWorld and welcome feedback and corrections:
>
> http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf
> <http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf>
>
> Thanks, and I hope it's useful to someone.
>
> Chip
>
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