Using kickstart Installation

autostep

O

Similar to interactive, except that it goes to the next screen for you. It is used mostly for debugging.

auth or authconfig

R

Specifies the authentication options. Use one or more of following arguments after this option:

—enablemd5 (use MD5 encryption for passwords)

—enablenis (turns on NIS support)

—nisdomain=<nisdomain> (specifies NIS domain name)

—nisserver=<nisserver> (specifies the NIS server name)

—useshadow or —enableshadow (turns on shadow passwords)

—enableldap (turns on LDAP support in /etc/nsswitch.conf and requires the nss_ldap package)

—enableldapauth (enables LDAP as an authentication method)

—ldapserver=<LDAPserver> (specifies the LDAP server name)

—ldapbasedn=<LDAP-DN> (specifies LDAP distinguished name)

—enableldaptls (uses transport layer security during LDAP lookups)

—enablekrb5 (turns on Kerberos 5 for authenticating users)

—krb5realm=<KRBrealm> (specifies the Kerberos realm)

—krb5kdc=<KDCserver> (specifies the Key Distribution Center)

—krb5adminserver=<Kadminserver> (specifies the server running kadmind)

—enablehesiod (enables Hesiod support for looking up user information)

—hesiodlhs (specifies the Hesiod left-hand side)

—hesiodrhs (specifies the Hesiod right-hand side)

—enablesmbauth (enables authentication of users by an SMB server)

—smbservers=<SMBservers> (specifies the servers to use for SMB authentication)

—smbworkgroup=<WkGrpName> (specifies the workgroup name)

—enablecache (enables the nscd service that caches user information)

bootloader

R

Specifies where the boot loader is installed and, optionally, which boot loader to install. Use one or more of following arguments after this option:

—append=<kernel-params> (specifies kernel parameters)

—location=[mbr|partition|none] (tells where to write the boot loader,: one of mbr, part, or none)

—password=<GRUB-passwd> (specifies the GRUB password)

—md5pass=<encrypted-GRUB-pass> (encrypted GRUB password)

—useLilo (forces installation of LILO instead of GRUB)

—lba32 (when using LILO, force use of LBA32 mode of hard disk access)

—upgrade (upgrades existing boot loader configuration)

clearpart

O

Removes partitions from the system before creating new partitions. Use one or more of following arguments after this option:

—linux (erases all existing Linux partitions)

—all (erases all existing partitions)

—drives=<drivenames> (specifies which drives to clear partitions from)

—initlabel (initializes the disk label to the default for PC’s architecture)

device <type> <moduleName>

O

Instructs installer to load extra device driver modules. Use the following arguments: —opts=<options>

<type> (either scsi or eth—for a SCSI or Ethernet card)

<moduleName> (the name of the driver module)

—opts=<options> (options for the module, these depend on the driver)

deviceprobe

O

Probes the PCI bus for devices and loads modules for all the devices found (assuming that a module is available for the device)

driverdisk

O

Instructs the installer to look for driver disks in the specified disk partition. Use the following arguments:

<partition> (disk partition containing the driver disk contents)

—type=<fstype> (optional argument that specifies file system type: vfat, ext2, or ext3)

firewall

O

Configures the firewall based on the arguments:

<securitylevel> (one of —high, —medium, or —disabled)

—trust=<device> (trusted network device such as eth0)

<incoming> (one of —dhcp, —ssh, —telnet, —smtp, —http, —ftp)

—port=<portnum:protocol> (ports allowed through firewall)

install

O

Indicates that you want to do a fresh install. Specify the install method with one of the following arguments:

cdrom (installs from the first CD-ROM drive)

harddrive —partition=<part> —dir=<dirname> (installs from a directory on hard disk partition)

nfs —server=<servername> —dir=<dir> (installs from a directory on the NFS server)

url —url http://<server>/<dir> (installs from a Web server)

url —url ftp://<username>:<password>@ <server>/<dir> (installs from a FTP server)

interactive

O

Allows you to view and modify options as kickstart install progresses

keyboard

R

Sets the keyboard type. Here is the list of available keyboards on i386, Itanium, and Alpha machines: be-latin1, be-latin2, bg, br-abnt2, cf, cz-lat2, cz-us-qwertz, de, de-latin1, de-latin1-nodeadkeys, dk, dk-latin1, dvorak, es, et, fi, i-latin1, fr, fr-latin0, fr-latin1, fr-pc, fr_CH, fr_CH-latin1, gr, hu, hu101, is-latin1, it, it-ibm, it2, jp106, no, no-latin1, pl, pt-latin1, ro, ru, ru-cp1251, ru-ms, ru1, ru2, ru_win, se-latin1, sg, sg-latin1, sk-qwerty, slovene, speakup, speakup-lt, trq, ua, uk, us

lang

R

Sets the language to use during installation. Valid language codes are cs_CZ, da_DK, en_US, fr_FR, de_DE, is_IS, it_IT, ja_JP.eucJP, ko_KR.eucKR, no_NO, pt_PT, ru_RU.koi8r, sl_SI, es_ES, sv_SE, uk_UA, zh_CN.GB18030, zh_TW.Big5

langsupport

R

Sets the languages to install on the system. Use the same language codes as the ones for the lang option. If you install more than one language, indicate the default with the following argument:

—default=<lang> (sets default language)

logvol

O

Creates a logical volume for Logical Volume Management (LVM). Provide the following arguments:

<mountpoint> (name of directory where volume is mounted)

—vgname=<groupname> (name of volume group)

—size=<size> (size in megabytes)

—name=<volname> (name of logical volume)

mouse

R

Specifies the mouse type and configures it. Use the following arguments:

—device=<devname> (name of mouse device such as psaux or ttyS0)

—emulthree (enable emulation of a three-button mouse)

<mousetype> (specifies mouse type such as genericps/2 or generic3ps/2)

network

O

Configures the local area network information. For installations over network, the installation uses the first Ethernet card (eth0) and configures is dynamically using DHCP. Use the following arguments to configure network:

—bootproto=<protocol> (one of dhcp, bootp, or static)

—device=<netdevice> (Ethernet device name such as eth0 or eth1)

—ip=<IPaddress> (the IP address for static addressing)

—netmask=<Netmask> (for static addressing)

—gateway=<gateway_IP> (default gateway IP address)

—nameserver=<nameserver_IP> (primacy nameserver’s IP address)

—nodns (do not configure any DNS server)

—hostname=<hostname> (hostname of the system)

part or partition

R

Creates a partition on the hard drive. Use the following arguments to specify details:

<mntpoint> (the directory where the partition is mounted or the keyword swap for swap partition)

—recommended (use with swap to size the partition automatically)

raid.<id> (to use partition in a software RAID device)

pv.<id> (to use partition in a logical volume)

—size=<megabytes> (size in megabytes)

—grow (causes partition to grow up to available space)

—maxsize=<maxMB> (maximum size in megabytes)

—noformat (do not format partition)

—onpart=<partname> (puts partition on already existing device)

—usepart=<partname> (puts partition on already existing device)

—ondisk=<diskname> (creates partition on the specified disk)

—ondrive=<diskname> (creates partition on the specified disk)

—asprimary (creates a primary partition)

—bytes-per-inode=<numbytes> (number of bytes per inode on the filesystem)

—fstype=<filesystem> (name of file system—one of ext2, ext3, swap, or vfat)

—start=<startCylinder> (starting cylinder of partition)

—end=<endCylinder> (ending cylinder of partition)

—badblocks (checks partition for bad blocks)

raid

O

Creates a software RAID device. Use the following arguments:

<mntpoint> (the directory where the RAID device is mounted)

—level=<RAID_level> (the RAID level to use—0, 1, or 5)

—device=<devname> (name of RAID device such as md0 or md1)

—spares=<number> (number of spare drives allocated for the RAID array)

—fstype=<filesystemType> (filesystem type—one of ext2, ext3, swap, or vfat)

—noformat (does not format the RAID array)

reboot

O

Reboots after the installation is complete

rootpw

R

Sets the system’s root password. Use the following arguments:

—iscrypted (password is already encrypted)

<password> (the encrypted root password)

skipx

O

Skips configuration of X Window System.

text

O

Performs the installation in text mode (instead of the default graphical mode).

timezone

R

Sets the system time zone. Use the following arguments:

—utc (indicates that hardware clock is set to UTC—Greenwich Mean Time)

<timezone> (the time zone name such as America/New_York or EST5EDT)

upgrade

O

Upgrades an existing system rather than installing a fresh system

xconfig

O

Configures the X Window System. Use the following arguments:

—noprobe (does not probe the monitor)

—card=<videcardName> (name of video card from list in /usr/share/hwdata/Cards)

—videoram=<kilobytes> (amount of video RAM in kilobytes)

—monitor=<monitorName> (name of monitor from list in /usr/share/hwdata/MonitorsDB)

—hsync=<HSyncRange> (range of horizontal synchronization frequencies in kHz such as —hsync 31.5-69.0)

—vsync=<VSyncRange> (range of vertical synchronization frequencies in Hz such as —vsync 55-120)

—defaultdesktop=<DesktopName> (GNOME or KDE)

—startxonboot (provides a graphical login screen)

—resolution=<HHHxVVV> (default resolution in terms horizontal and vertical pixels such as 640x480 or 1024x768)

—depth=<defaultDepthBits> (default color depth—one of 8, 16, 24, or 32)

volgroup

O

Creates a Logical Volume Management (LVM) group. Use following arguments:

<name> (name of logical volume group)

<partition> (partition to use)

zerombr

O

Initializes any invalid partition tables found on disks. Use the following argument:

yes (destroy disks with invalid partition tables)

%include

O

Includes the content of another file into this kickstart file. Use the following arguments:

<pathname> (the file to include)