Installation guide

packets on port 1234 through, specify 1234:udp. To specify multiple ports, separate
them by commas.
firstboot ( o p t io n al)
Determine whether the Set u p Ag en t starts the first time the system is booted. If enabled, the
firstboot package must be installed. If not specified, this option is disabled by default.
--enable or --enabled — The Set u p Ag en t is started the first time the system boots.
--disable or --disabled — The Set u p Ag en t is not started the first time the system
boots.
--reconfig — Enable the Set u p Agen t to start at boot time in reconfiguration mode.
This mode enables the language, mouse, keyboard, root password, security level, time
zone, and networking configuration options in addition to the default ones.
halt ( o p t io nal)
Halt the system after the installation has successfully completed. This is similar to a manual
installation, where anaconda displays a message and waits for the user to press a key
before rebooting. During a kickstart installation, if no completion method is specified, this
option is used as 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.
graphical ( o p t io n al)
Perform the kickstart installation in graphical mode. This is the default.
install ( op t io n al)
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
installation 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
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