Installation guide

fore rebooting. During a kickstart installation, if no completion method is specified, the re-
boot option is used as default.
The halt option is roughly equivalent to the shutdown -h command.
For other completion methods, refer to the poweroff, reboot, and shutdown kickstart options.
graphical (optional)
Perform the kickstart installation in graphical mode. This is the default.
The halt option is roughly equivalent to the shutdown -h command.
For other completion methods, refer to the poweroff, reboot, and shutdown kickstart options.
install (optional)
Tells the system to install a fresh system rather than upgrade an existing system. This is the
default mode. For installation, you must specify the type of installation from cdrom,
harddrive, nfs, or url (for FTP or HTTP installations). The install command and the install-
ation method command must be on separate lines.
cdrom
Install from the first CD-ROM drive on the system.
harddrive
Install from a Red Hat installation tree on a local drive, which must be either vfat or ext2.
• --biospart=
BIOS partition to install from (such as 82).
• --partition=
Partition to install from (such as sdb2).
• --dir=
Directory containing the variant directory of the installation tree.
For example:
harddrive --partition=hdb2 --dir=/tmp/install-tree
nfs
Install from the NFS server specified.
• --server=
Server from which to install (hostname or IP).
• --dir=
Directory containing the variant directory of the installation tree.
• --opts=
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