/A Sample ks.cfg Kickstart Configuration File
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#     -------- This is an example ks.cfg, kickstart config file. --------
# Comment lines start with "#" and continue until the end of the line.
# Keywords must be in order.  Changing their order may produce bad
# results.
# Specify Language using "lang" keyword followed by two letter ISO
# language code.
lang en
# Specify network paramaters.  For statically assigned IPs, we must 
# include ip address, netmask, and gateway.  This must all be 
# contained on a single line.  Although it is shown here wrapped with
# the backslash character, this is not allowed.
network --bootproto static \
--ip 192.168.1.4           \
--netmask 255.255.255.0    \ --gateway 192.168.1.254
# Specify the install medium.  We're using a cdrom, so "cdrom."
Cdrom
# Specify keyboard layout.
keyboard us
# Partitions.  First, we decide whether or not to erase the master
# boot record.  This is a good idea when installing on new hard
# drives.  We say "no." Next, we make some space.  We can clear all
# partitions (i.e., NTFS, FAT, HPFS, and Linux EXT 2) with "clearpart
# --all" or we can remove only Linux partitions with "clearpart
# --linux."  We then need to create partitions for our install.  There
# are two mandatory partitions, a swap partition, and a root or "/"
# partition.  We create them with the "part" keyword followed by the
# mountpoint (i.e., "/home" or "/boot" or "/").  We use "--size xx" to
# specify the partition size.  "xx" is the size value in MegaBytes.
# We may also use "--grow" to have the partition grow to fill any
# unused space on the disk.  The exact form is:
# part <mntpt> --size <size in megs> [--grow] [--maxsize <size in megs>]
zerombr no
clearpart --linux
part / --size 1000 --grow
part swap --size 64
# Next we specify the install path.  This can be either "install" or 
# upgrade."
Install
# Specifying the mouse requires knowing the type codes.  The general 
# form is "mouse --kickstart mousetype [--device <dev/???>]."  Our 
# device is autoprobed (ps/2) so we don't need to include it.
mouse --kickstart generic3ps/2
# Specify the time zone.  If the system clock is set to UTC, this can 
# be specified: "timezone --utc US/Eastern."
timezone US/Eastern
# Configuring X Windows is a matter of using the keyword "xconfig."
# If the graphics card is PCI, there is probably no need to specify 
# the X server.  The monitor is specified as '--monitor
# "known_monitor_type".'  Refer to the Red Hat manual for more
# information on this.
xconfig --monitor "HP D1195A" 
# Specify the root password
rootpw papabear
# Here we specify lilo (Linux Loader) parameters.  We will tell lilo 
# to reside in the master boot record (mbr).
lilo --location mbr
# Finally, we tell kickstart which components (packages grouped for 
# specific function) and which individual packages to install.
# Components are preceded by "@ " and packages are listed without a 
# preceding character.
%packages
# Install these Components
@ Base
@ Printer Support
# Install these additional packages
ImageMagick
ORBit
X11R6-contrib
XFree86
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
XFree86-libs
XFree86-xfs
Xaw3d
Xconfigurator
audiofile
bind-utils
chkfontpath
control-center
control-panel
desktop-backgrounds
.
. ( List shortened for printability. )
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# A script can be run when the kickstart installation is finished. 
# This script will include any lines following the "%post" keyword.
%post echo "Kickstart-installed RH6.0 on `/bin/date`" > /etc/motd 
#-------------- END OF KS.CFG FILE-------------------------------