How to setup a kickstart server in Fedora 7

[Michael DeHaan]

Joe_Wulf wrote:
> I've been attempting to use my notes for establishing a kickstart 
> server, yet within Fedora 7 I'm not finding
> so of what I am used to seeing---must be ignorance on my part.  I 
> don't see the xinetd.d (maybe don't
> need it) but I also don't see where/how to get tftp up and running.

yum install cobbler ?  :)

There's really not a compelling reason for setting this up and 
maintaining all of this manually if you don't have to. 

>  
> Also, my small network has a Linksys router that normally serves of 
> DHCP, will I have to disable that
> to get no dhcp server conflicts with the Fedora7 kickstart server?
You can edit your DHCP configuration on your router (if doable) to point 
to your TFTP server -- running
a second DHCP server on the TFTP server is not required.

This is the "next-server" parameter in ISC dhcp.
>  
> While I'm at it, do you know of any other gotcha's for employing 
> Fedora 7 as a kickstart server?

Nope :)

>  
>
> R,
> -Joe Wulf, CISSP, USN(RET)
>  Senior IA Engineer
>  ProSync Technology Group, LLC
>  
>         www.prosync.com
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