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**General Information** | **General Information** | ||
- | About this page/how-to/script. | + | Installing a VM takes a while and is probably not too likely |
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+ | ====== Create Kickstart File ====== | ||
Start with the kickstart containing many of the config options selected for the existing system located at: | Start with the kickstart containing many of the config options selected for the existing system located at: | ||
* / | * / | ||
* Modify as needed | * Modify as needed | ||
+ | * See [[linux_wiki: | ||
- | And/Or install the kickstart config generator | + | ===== Create Kickstart File: CLI ===== |
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+ | If you do not have a GUI, you can: | ||
+ | * Modify a default kickstart file on a system that you have access to directly (/root/ | ||
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+ | * Use a CLI tool ksshell to create a file or modify an existing | ||
+ | * Install ksshell (provided by pykickstart)< | ||
+ | * Create a kickstart file | ||
+ | * Open an existing kickstart to modify< | ||
+ | * Start from scratch< | ||
+ | * ksshell edit mode | ||
+ | * Tab Completion: While in the ks shell, use tab completion to see available commands | ||
+ | * View current kickstart< | ||
+ | * Quit and write to output file< | ||
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+ | ===== Create Kickstart File: GUI ===== | ||
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+ | If you have a GUI: You can install the kickstart config generator | ||
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
yum install system-config-kickstart | yum install system-config-kickstart | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
Launch GUI Configurator | Launch GUI Configurator | ||
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
system-config-kickstart | system-config-kickstart | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | * You can create a new kickstart file or load an existing (such as / | ||
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+ | ====== Kickstart a System ====== | ||
- | - Once created, move kickstart file onto PXE server | + | Once you have a kickstart file created |
- | - Boot system | + | - Move kickstart file onto the system that is sharing the installation files |
+ | - Boot VM and specify a network location for install, along with a kickstart location | ||
+ | - See [[linux_wiki: | ||
- System will go through installation automatically, | - System will go through installation automatically, | ||
- | - Click reboot when it is finished | ||
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