1. install kickstart tools (RHEL4 AS U2 disk2 )
2. Creating the Kickstart File
Run: system-config-kickstart
1. Configure the NFS server to export the installation tree(i.e:/iso/rhel4)
mkdir –p /iso/rhel4
cat /etc/exports
/iso/rhel4 *(ro,async,root_squash)
Service nfs start
Exportfs –av
2. Installation tftp server and PXE tools (RHEL4 AS U2 disk1 and 2 )
3. Configure the files on the tftp server necessary for PXE booting.
Run: system-config-netboot --à networking install
Adding PXE Hosts
1. copy necessary file to installation tree
cp -rf /media/cdrom/images /iso/rhel4
cp RHEL*.iso /iso
2. start the tftp service ( /etc/xinetd.d/tftpd)
3. Configure DHCP
Make sure the con_guration
_le contains the following so that PXE booting is enabled for systems which support it:
allow booting;
allow bootp;
class "pxeclients" {
match if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
next-server <server-ip>;
filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";
}
where <next-server> option should be replaced with the IP address of the tftp serve
4. start dhcpd service
5. Ok,pleases boot the client,and start the installation.