Installation guide

• Command section — Refer to Section 4, “Kickstart Options” for a list of kickstart options.
You must include the required options.
• The %packages section — Refer to Section 5, “Package Selection” for details.
• The %pre and %post sections — These two sections can be in any order and are not re-
quired. Refer to Section 6, “Pre-installation Script” and Section 7, “Post-installation Script”
for details.
• Items that are not required can be omitted.
• Omitting any required item results in the installation program prompting the user for an an-
swer to the related item, just as the user would be prompted during a typical installation.
Once the answer is given, the installation continues unattended (unless it finds another miss-
ing item).
• Lines starting with a pound (also known as hash) sign (#) are treated as comments and are
ignored.
• For kickstart upgrades, the following items are required:
• Language
• Installation method
• Device specification (if device is needed to perform the installation)
• Keyboard setup
• The upgrade keyword
• Boot loader configuration
If any other items are specified for an upgrade, those items are ignored (note that this in-
cludes package selection).
4. Kickstart Options
The following options can be placed in a kickstart file. If you prefer to use a graphical interface
for creating your kickstart file, use the Kickstart Configurator application. Refer to Chapter 29,
Kickstart Configurator for details.
Note
If the option is followed by an equals mark (=), a value must be specified after it. In
the example commands, options in brackets ([]) are optional arguments for the
command.
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