Installing Redhat Enterprises Linux ,kickstart

INSTALLATION:

Installation can be done either by CDROM , NFS, LAN, FTP

Partition type and its size

/                      10000MB

            /boot               128MB

            /home             1000MB

            swap               256 MB ( 1.5 to 2 times more than RAM Size)

to check the RAM size do the following step

Ctrl+alt+f7

Then type the following

#cat /proc/meminfo

this command will display the size and other information regarding RAM

Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the installation mode.

Note:

While installation we have to make sure that firewall option should be disable

1. No firewall
2. Selinux disable

Following Package are needed at the time of installation.

Desktop

1.      X Window

2.      GNOME

Application

1.      Text Editor

2.      Graphical Internet

3.      Text Based Internet

Server

1.      Server configuration tools

2.      Web Server

3.      Mail server

4.      DNS server

5.      FTP Server

6.      Network Server

7.      Legacy Network Server ( in this select Telnet)

System

1.      Administrative Tools

2.      System tools

3.      Printing tools

Max Space Needed    :           6132MB

Min Space Needed     :           681 MB

While Installing Redhat linux 4.0 WS with the help of NFS and FTP, we have to perform the following step

First we have to check the rpm of ftp/nfs

ftp : vsftp-2.0.1…….

nfs : nfs-utils-1.0.6……

Now copy the disk 1 of the Redhat linux into the folder “/var/ftp/pub”

Now copy RPMS of remaining CD’s (Disk 2,3,and 4) inside /var/ftp/pub/RedHat/RPMS/

Now we need to configure the exports file.

#vi /etc/exports

/var/ftp/pub            192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)

save and exit

now start the service

#service portmap restart

#chkconfig portmap on

#service nfs restart

#chkconfig nfs on

Now Boot the new system from disk 1 of Redhat linux and type

Linux askmethod

Choose language : English

Keyboard Type   : U.S

Installation Method : NFS Image

NFS Server name : 192.168.0.254

NFS Dierctory : /var/ftp/pub

And continue the installation

There is slightly change in case of FTP

In case of FTP:

Boot the system from disk 1 of redhat linux and type

Linux askmethod

Choose language : English

Keyboard Type   : U.S

Installation Method : FTP

Then first mentioned your system ip address in order to identify itself in network

192.168.0.24

255.255.255.0

then mentioned the FTP server address as

192.168.0.254

255.255.255.0

mount point : pub ( as in case of FTP the default path is /var/ftp)

and continue the installation

Kick Start :-

Kick start is one of the automatic installation method. Before making kick start file we need to check the rpm

Rpm : system-config-kickstart

Kick start consist of installation wizard which we can configured for another system like general information, root password, package , set the language, keyboard type, network, installation type etc. then save the kick start with any name say nfsks.cfg under /root

Suppose we use NFS type then we have to mentioned

NFS Ip address           :           192.168.0.254

Path                            :           /var/ftp/pub

Now we have to edit the file nfsks.cfg by editing one line

Selinux-disable

Now we have to configure the file /etc/exports

#vi /etc/exports

/root   192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)

/var/ftp/pub            192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)

Now start the service

#service portmap restart

#chkconfig portmap on

#Service nfs restart

#chkconfig nfs on

#service dhcpd restart

#chkconfig dhcpd on

Now boot the new system by Disk 1 of RedHat linux

And type

Linux ks=nfs:192.168.0.254:/root/nfsks.cfg

And continue the installation

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