UUID and kickstart

Michael DeHaan mdehaan at redhat.com
Thu Mar 27 19:04:49 UTC 2008


Ed Brown wrote:
> A universal identifier can be used in various contexts, to identify 
> different kinds of devices for example.  This page I think answers 
> your other questions:
>
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php
>
> To make your life easier, if you're setting up a kickstart/PXE 
> environment for the first time, you probably should check out:
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/CobblerLiveCd
>
> -Ed
>
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You should be kickstarting based on the MAC, and yes, Cobbler will help 
you do this.

I would start here -- http://cobbler.et.redhat.com and not pay attention 
to the live CD docs until later if you need it.  Not everyone does and 
if you have a working PXE setup, it's total overkill.

--Michael




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