Linux, RH, kickstart and PXE

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi Mark,

No worries, I'm using 4, and 5 and Fedora 7 with cobbler it all works well.

Some things don't work with 4 but that's b/c the kickstart options only 
work with 5 and above (i.e. the repo commands).

Anyway, check out: 
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/cobbler/wiki/UserDocs

b/c once you start with kickstart you're gonna want to template stuff 
and there's alot already answered at the above link.

Trust me... I feel your pain. From SunOS 2.4 -> Solaris9 and hoping to 
never go back (though all of my "hip" friends tell me solaris 10 finally 
got it right)

Good luck.

Cheers,
Harry

mark wrote:
> Harry Hoffman wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> Cobbler configures, the PXE server and the configs, optionally a DHCP 
>> server, and integrates the kickstart files.
> 
> Ok. I just wish that wasn't buried in the !Wonders of Cobbler! <g> I 
> will say that I *know* it won't be RHEL 5. 4, one hopes.... (Please, I 
> just spent months, literally, fighting Solaris *8* - production hates 
> current....)
>>
>> In the latest version (0.6.2) it has a web gui...
>>
>> I use it all of the time, feel free to ask any questions.
> 
> I may take you up on that.
> 
>     mark
>>
>> I've been doing the PXE/DHCP kickstart install thing for some time now 
>> and cobbler took my 1+hr setup and made it into a 10min deal.
>>
>> It's great! (and it's by the guys at redhat)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Harry