Installation guide

Chapter 1. Kickstart Installations 29
1.4.18. network
network (optional)
Configures network information for the system. If the kickstart installation does not
require networking (in other words, it is not installed over NFS, HTTP, or FTP), net-
working is not configured for the system. If the installation does require networking
and network information is not provided in the kickstart file, the Red Hat Linux instal-
lation program assumes that the installation should be done over eth0 via a dynamic IP
address (BOOTP/DHCP), and configures the final, installed system to determine its IP
address dynamically. The network option configures networking information for kick-
start installations via a network as well as for the installed system.
--bootproto
One of dhcp, bootp, or static (defaults to DHCP, and dhcp and bootp are
treated the same). Must be static for static IP information to be used.
--device
device
Used to select a specific Ethernet device for installation. Note that using --device
device will not be effective unless the kickstart file is a local file (such as
ks=floppy), since the installation program will configure the network to find the
kickstart file. Example:
network --bootproto dhcp --device eth0
--ip
IP address for the machine to be installed.
--gateway
Default gateway as an IP address.
--nameserver
Primary nameserver, as an IP address.
--nodns
Do not configure any DNS server.
--netmask
Netmask for the installed system.
--hostname
Hostname for the installed system.
There are three different methods of network configuration:
• DHCP
• BOOTP
• static
The DHCP method uses a DHCP server system to obtain its networking configuration.
As you might guess, the BOOTP method is similar, requiring a BOOTP server to supply
the networking configuration.