General Information
Installing on bare metal systems using the “net-install” method and kickstart.
Checklist
Installing a system over the network procedure.
Setup a NFS Server if you do not have one already.
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/centos6.7-dvd/CentOS-6.7-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso /mnt
cp -pr /mnt/images /iso/centos6.7-dvd/
umount /mnt
Create a kickstart file and put it in the same location on the NFS server as the ISO image.
On the Welcome to CentOS screen:
ks=nfs:<nfs-ip>:/iso/centos6.7-dvd/centos6-ks-bios.cfg ksdevice=link hostname=<fqdn-hostname> ip=x.x.x.x netmask=x.x.x.x gateway=x.x.x.x nameserver=x.x.x.x
inst.resolution=1024x768 inst.ks=nfs:<nfs-ip>:/iso/centos7.2-dvd/centos7-ks-bios.cfg ksdevice=link hostname=<fqdn-hostname> ip=x.x.x.x netmask=x.x.x.x gateway=x.x.x.x nameserver=x.x.x.x
inst.resolution=1024x768 inst.ks=nfs:<nfs-ip>:/iso/centos7.2-dvd/centos7-ks-efi.cfg ksdevice=link hostname=<fqdn-hostname> ip=x.x.x.x netmask=x.x.x.x gateway=x.x.x.x nameserver=x.x.x.x