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IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

by Gregory Geiselhart, Yohichi Hara, Bradford Hinson, Kyle Smith, Chris Young
September 2006
Beginner to intermediate
232 pages
7h 30m
English
IBM Redbooks
Content preview from IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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Chapter 8. Installing Linux with kickstart
Kickstart is an automated way of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Using kickstart, you
can create a single file that answers all of the questions usually asked during an interactive
installation.
The LNXINST user ID is now configured as an installation server, with the installation tree
shared via Network File System (NFS). You can now configure it as a kickstart server to
perform automated installations over the network. You, then, install the Linux master image
with kickstart.
The following steps are involved in installing Linux with kickstart: ...
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