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– The line starting with firewall disables the firewall. this is not recommended if the
server is on an external network.
– The line starting with bootloader removes references to additional drives only available
to the cloner.
– The line starting with clearpart --all specifiies to remove all existing partitions.
– The line starting with part / defines the root partition to be 512 MB of type ext4.
– The line starting with part swap defines a swap partition of size 512 MB.
– The two lines starting with part pv specify to make physical volumes.
– The next two lines starting with part swap define partitions. Since they have the --grow
parameter, all of the VDISK will be used for swap, regardless of the size specified.
Anaconda creates the swap devices based on the order in the kickstart file, so the first
512 MB swap space will be created on the first minidisk while the last two will be
created on VDISKs 300 and 301.
– The line starting with volgroup specifies to create a volume group.
– The next four lines starting with logvol defines logical volumes based on the table in
.
– The line @base specifies a default set of packages for the install. These can be
customized later by adding or removing specific packages from the %packages section.
► Add the path to the kickstart folder to /etc/exports:
# vi /etc/exports
/nfs/rhel6/ *(ro,sync)
/nfs/virt-cookbook-RH6 *(ro,sync)
/nfs/ks *(ro,sync)
► Restart the NFS service on the cloner. The showmount -e command should show the
exported file systems:
# service nfs reload
# showmount -e
Export list for gpok223.endicott.ibm.com:
/nfs/ks *
/nfs/virt-cookbook-RH6 *
/nfs/rhel6 *
10.2 Configure the LINUX02 user for kickstart
Earlier you should have created the user ID LINUX02. It is now time to configure it for kickstart.
LINUX02 must have its own parameter and configuration files, which are again based on the
RH6GOLD user ID. Perform the following steps:
► LOGOFF of MAINT and logon to LNXMAINT. Copy the parameter and configuration files from
RH6GOLD to LINUX02 as follows:
==> copy rh6gold * d linux02 = =
► Edit the LINUX02 PARM-RH6 file. Because this is a non-interactive installation, the vnc
options are no longer required. The ks= line directs the installer to get the kickstart file
from the installation server. RUNKS=1 is required for kickstarts, and the cmdline option
prevents the installer’s text-based user interface from opening on the 3270 console:
==> x linux02 parm-rh6 d
ramdisk_size=40000 root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off
CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=linux02.conf-rh6
ks=nfs:9.60.18.223:/nfs/ks/linux02-ks.cfg
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