Installation guide

30 Chapter 1. Kickstart Installations

The static method requires that you enter all the required networking information in the

kickstart ﬁle. As the name implies, this information is static, and will be used during the

installation, and after the installation as well.

To direct a system to use DHCP to obtain its networking conﬁguration, use the following

line:

network --bootproto dhcp

To direct a machine to use BOOTP to obtain its networking conﬁguration, use the fol-

lowing line in the kickstart ﬁle:

network --bootproto bootp

The line for static networking is more complex, as you must include all network conﬁg-

uration information on one line. You must specify:

• IP address

• Netmask

• Gateway IP address

• Nameserver IP address

Here is an example static line:

network --bootproto static --ip 10.0.2.15 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 10.0.2.254 --nameserver 10.0.2.1

If you use the static method, be aware of the following two restrictions:

• All static networking conﬁguration information must be speciﬁed on one line; you

cannot wrap lines using a backslash, for example.

• You can only specify one nameserver here. However, you can use the kickstart ﬁle’s

%post section (described in Section 1.4.31) to add more name servers, if needed.

1.4.19. part

part or partition (required for installs, ignored for upgrades)

Creates a partition on the system.

If more than one Red Hat Linux installation exists on the system on different partitions,

the installation program prompts the user and asks which installation to upgrade.

The

mntpoint is where the partition will be mounted and must be of one of the

following forms:

mntpoint

For example, /, /usr, /home

swap

The partition will be used as swap space.

To determine the size of the swap partition automatically, use the --recommended

option:

1. This option is new to Red Hat Linux 7.3