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These distributions include both Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Using kickstart, a system administrator can create a single file containing the answers to all the questions that would normally be asked during a typical installation.</P> <P>In this article, I will discuss how we can create a bootable Kickstart CD with mininum packages for FC3. Since this is a “base” only installation, it will not install any X Desktop Environment nor any Graphical Configuration Tools. This will be a perfect environment for learning Linux or a quick setup for a working Linux box in less than 5 minutes. Well, OK 10 minutes if you don’t have High Speed Internet Connection. <IMG class=wp-smiley alt=:) src="http://fedoranews.org/blog/wp-images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"> </P> <DIV class=warning style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in"> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=middle width=25 rowSpan=2><IMG src="http://fedoranews.org/images/warning.png"></TD> <TH align=left>Warning</TH></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2> <P>This CD will erase existing partitions and format your hard drive without any noitice.<BR>Please use it on your test system before using it on your production system. </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <P>Let’s start. First create a working directory called “minikick”</P><PRE class=screen>$ mkdir minikick $ cd minikick </PRE> <P>Then download a small boot.iso from <A href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/images/">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/images/</A></P><PRE class=screen>$ wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/images/boot.iso </PRE> <P>Mount it as a local loop file system.</P><PRE class=screen>$ mkdir boot $ sudo mount -o loop boot.iso boot </PRE> <P>Create image directory and copy boot/isolinux directory to image directory and set permission so you can update them later.</P><PRE class=screen>$ mkdir image $ cp -a boot/isolinux image $ chmod 644 image/isolinux/* $ sudo umount boot </PRE> <P>Download customized <A href="http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/isolinux.cfg">isolinux.cfg</A> and <A href="http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/snake.msg">snake.msg</A> to replace them in image/isolinux directory.</P><PRE class=screen>$ wget http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/isolinux.cfg $ wget http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/snake.msg $ mv isolinux.cfg snake.msg image/isolinux </PRE> <P>Download following <A href="http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/ks.cfg">custom kickstart script</A> and place it in image directory.</P><PRE class=screen>$ wget http://fedoranews.org/tchung/minikick/ks.cfg $ mv ks.cfg image </PRE> <P>Now, we are ready to create an ISO image and burn it on CD-R.</P><PRE class=screen>$ mkisofs -J -R -v -T -V MiniKick -o minikick.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table image $ cdrecord -v -sao -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/hdd driveropts=burnfree minikick.iso </PRE> <P>Please subsitute with your CD-R speed and device. (See /etc/fstab)</P> <DIV class=note style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in"> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=middle width=25 rowSpan=2><IMG src="http://fedoranews.org/images/note.png"></TD> <TH align=left>Note</TH></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2> <P>Default root password in this custom kickstart installation is “minikick” </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <P><STRONG>References:</STRONG><BR>Anaconda Project -<A href="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/anaconda-installer/"> http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/anaconda-installer/</A><BR>Anaconda Mailing List <A href="http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list">http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list</A><BR>Kickstart Mailing List - <A href="http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">http://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</A><BR>Kickstart Options - <A href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html</A> </P></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV id=footer></DIV></DIV><!-- FedoraNEWS.ORG footer --><!-- content-bot BEGIN --></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=fedora-corner-br></DIV> <DIV class=fedora-corner-bl></DIV></DIV><!-- content-bot END --><!-- footer BEGIN --> <DIV id=fedora-footer>Copyright © 2003-2005 FedoraNEWS.ORG. 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