Chris Tyler - Fedora Linux

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Replace RaNDoMjuNK with any garbage characters you want to use, and MySecretPassword with the desired password. Cut and paste the result into the Kickstart file as the encrypted password.

Here is a basic configuration using these options:

auth --enableshadow --enablemd5

bootloader --location=mbr --md5pass=$1$RaNDoMju$OS0p7cTCbvCJ2ITUfcovM1

lang en_US

keyboard us

rootpw --iscrypted $1$RaNDoMju$OS0p7cTCbvCJ2ITUfcovM1

timezone America/Toronto

Next, specify the installation source and networking:

cdrom

Installation from the first optical disk drive on the system (CD or DVD).

url

HTTP or FTP installation. Use the argument --url http: // host/directory or --url ftp:// host/directory to specify the location of the installation files.

nfs

NFS installation. Use --server= ip_address and --dir= directory to specify the server host and directory that contain the installation files.

harddrive

Installation from a VFAT or ext2/ext3 partition on a local hard drive. Use the arguments --partition= partitionId and --dir= /directory to specify the location of the installation files. The partitionId must be one of the hard drive device names from Table 1-4 , with the partition number appended without the /dev/ directory (for example, hda2 for partition 2 on the IDE/ATA primary slave drive).

network

Configures IP networking for the installed system. If the system already has networking enabled (for example, because it booted from a PXE server), then that configuration is used for the rest of the installation, but if no network configuration has been set up for the installation and one is required, this configuration is used.

The argument --bootproto= method sets the network configuration method: dhcp , bootp , or static . If you specify static , use the options --ip= ip_address --netmask= subnetmask --gateway= router_ip --nameserver= nameserver_ip to configure the network interface. If you have more than one network interface, use the --device= devicename option; to configure the interface to be inactive at boot, use --onboot=off .

Note that the directory specified for the url or nfs options must contain the fedora directory of the installation tree; in other words, it must be equivalent to the root directory of the Fedora Core CD or DVD.

To specify HTTP as the installation method on a system with two network interfacesone configured with DHCP and one with a static IPuse a configuration like this:

url --url=http://192.168.1.2/fc6/

network --bootproto=dhcp --device eth0

network --bootproto=static --device eth1 \

--ip 10.2.97.33 --netmask=255.255.255.0

If a Kickstartoption line ends with \, it is continued on the next line.

If you are using Kickstart to perform an upgrade instead of an installation, use the upgrade option. Otherwise, use these options to lay out the storage:

zerombr

Clears any invalid partition tables. Use this option with just one argument: yes .

autopart

Sets up the default partition structure, which includes a /boot filesystem and a volume group with logical volumes for swap and the root filesystem. If part options are also present, they will selectively override the default setup for the same mount point.

clearpart

Clears existing partition table entries. Use the argument --all to clear all partitions, --linux to clear all Linux partitions, --drives= drive1,drive2 to specify the drive or drives to be cleared, and --initlabel to enable the creation of disk labels (partition tables) on empty drives.

part or partition

Creates a disk partition. Provide an option identifying the mount point (such as /boot ) or one of the keywords swap , raid. NN , or pv. NN , where NN is a RAID or physical volume number (0199). Then use the arguments --size= size and --maxsize= maxsize to set the minimum and maximum partition sizes in megabytes, and --grow to indicate that the filesystem can be expanded to fill the maximum size if it is specified (or all of the remaining free space if a maximum is not specified). --ondrive= drive can be used to force the use of a particular drive; use drive names from Table 1-4 . Use --fstype= filesystem to configure the filesystem type ( ext2 , ext3 , or vfat ).

raid

Creates a RAID device from partitions defined with the part option. Use the argument --level= raidlevel to set the RAID level to 0 , 1 , 5 , or 6 , and the argument --device= devicename to set the RAID device name (such as md0 or md12 ). If the array will have hot spares, specify the number of hot spares with the argument --spares= S . Set the filesystem type with --fstype= filesystem , and then list the mount point (or swap for a swap device, or pv. NN for physical volume number NN ). Finally, list the partition names ( raid. NN ) that will make up the elements of this array.

volgroup

Creates a volume group. Supply the volume group name (such as main ) and a list of physical volumes ( pv. NN ) as arguments.

logvol

Creates a logical volume. Use the --vgname= volumegroup argument to select the volume group, --size= size to set the LV size in megabytes, and --name= lvname to set the name. Specify the mount point (or swap for a swap partition) as a separate argument.

For example, if you had a system with two 200 GB disks (as the master IDE/ATA drives on the primary and secondary disk controllers) with RAID 1 and LVM (see Lab 6.2, "Managing RAID "), the storage layout options would look like this:

# General partitioning options

clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=hda,hdc

zerombr yes

# Partitions

# Two IDE disk drives, hda and hdc

part raid.01 --size 100 --ondrive=hda

part raid.02 --size 40000 --ondrive=hda

part raid.03 --size 40000 --ondrive=hda

part raid.04 --size 40000 --ondrive=hda

part raid.05 --size 40000 --ondrive=hda

part raid.06 --size 1 --ondrive=hda --grow

part raid.07 --size 100 --ondrive=hdc

part raid.08 --size 40000 --ondrive=hdc

part raid.09 --size 40000 --ondrive=hdc

part raid.10 --size 40000 --ondrive=hdc

part raid.11 --size 40000 --ondrive=hdc

part raid.12 --size 1 --ondrive=hdc --grow

# RAID arrays

# Six RAID arrays, all RAID 1:

# - one is 100 MB /boot array

# - five are 40GB PV arrays

# (4 * 40000 MB, remaining space in last array)

raid /boot --device md0 --level=RAID1 raid.01 raid.07 --fstype ext3

raid pv.01 --device md1 --level=RAID1 raid.02 raid.08

raid pv.02 --device md2 --level=RAID1 raid.03 raid.09

raid pv.03 --device md3 --level=RAID1 raid.04 raid.10

raid pv.04 --device md4 --level=RAID1 raid.05 raid.11

raid pv.05 --device md5 --level=RAID1 raid.06 raid.12

# Volume Group 'main'

volgroup main pv.01 pv.02 pv.03 pv.04 pv.05