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Next, create the ISO as described in the
Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM
section of the
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 Installation Guide
. Alternatively, issue the command:
mkisofs -o file.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-
size 4 \
-boot-info-table -R -J -v -T isolinux/
Note that
isolinux/
is the relative path to the directory containing the isolinux files from the
distribution CD, while
file.iso
is the output ISO file, which is placed into the current directory.
You may then burn the ISO to CD-ROM. To use the disc (assuming you left the label for the kickstart
boot as 'ks'), boot the system and type "ks" at the prompt. When you press
Enter
, the kickstart should
begin.
7.4.9.1.4. Integrating Kickstart with PXE
In addition to CD-ROM-based installs, RHN supports kickstarts through a Pre-Boot Execution
Environment (PXE). This is less error-prone than CDs, enables kickstarting from bare metal, and
integrates with existing PXE/DHCP environments.
To use this method, make sure your systems have network interface cards (NIC) that support PXE,
install and configure a PXE server, ensure DHCP is running, and then place the appropriate files on
an HTTP server for deployment. Once the kickstart profile has been created, use the URL from the
Kickstart Details
page, as for CD-ROM-based installs.
To obtain specific instructions for conducting PXE kickstarts, refer to the
PXE Network Installations
chapter of the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 System Administration Guide
.
Tip
Upon running the
Network Booting Tool
as described in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4:
System Administration Guide, ensure that you select "HTTP" as the protocol and include
the domain name of the RHN Satellite in the Server field if you intend to use it to distribute
the installation files.
The following sections describe the kickstart options available from the
Systems
�
Kickstart
page.