Installation guide

Do not include spaces in the list of services
If you include spaces in the comma-separated list, kickstart will enable or disable
only the services up to the first space. For example:
services --disabled auditd, cups,smartd, nfslock
will disable only the au dit d service. To disable all four services, this entry should
include no spaces between services:
services --disabled auditd,cups,smartd,nfslock
shutdown ( o p t io n al)
Shut down the system after the installation has successfully completed. During a kickstart
installation, if no completion method is specified, the halt option is used as default.
The shutdown option is roughly equivalent to the shutdown command.
For other completion methods, refer to the halt, poweroff, and reboot kickstart options.
skipx ( o p t io n al)
If present, X is not configured on the installed system.
text ( o p t io nal)
Perform the kickstart installation in text mode. Kickstart installations are performed in
graphical mode by default.
timezone ( req u ired )
Sets the system time zone to <timezone> which may be any of the time zones listed by
timeconfig.
timezone [--utc] <timezone>
--utc — If present, the system assumes the hardware clock is set to UTC (Greenwich
Mean) time.
upgrade ( op t io n al)
Tells the system to upgrade an existing system rather than install a fresh system. You must
specify one of cdrom, harddrive, nfs, or url (for FTP and HTTP) as the location of the
installation tree. Refer to install for details.
user ( o p t io nal)
Creates a new user on the system.
user --name=<username> [--groups=<list>] [--homedir=<homedir>] [--
password=<password>] [--iscrypted] [--shell=<shell>] [--uid=<uid>]
--name= — Provides the name of the user. This option is required.
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