NAME

Kickstart - generate RedHat Kickstart files.

DESCRIPTION

Kickstart uses the RedHat::SysConfig.pm module to allow a perl script to make method calls which generate a RedHat Kickstart file.

auth { KEY => VALUE, ... }

auth

The auth method allows for the configuration of various authentication parameters such as MD5 and Shadow passwords, and NIS, LDAP, Kerberos and Hesiod configuration.

enablemd5		use md5 password encryption
enablenis		enable NIS support
nisdomain		specify a domain name for NIS
nisserver		specify a server to use with NIS
useshadow		use shadow passwords
enableldap		enable LDAP user authentication
ldapserver		specify an LDAP server
ldapbasedn		specify the base LDAP domain name
enablekrb5		enable Kerberos 5 authentication
krb5realm		specify the Kerberos realm
krb5kdc		specify a list of KDC values
krb5adminserver	specify the master KDC
enablehesiod	enable Hesiod support for directory lookup
hesiodlhs		specify heriod lhs (left-hand side)
hesiodrhs		specify heriod rhs (right-hand side)

clearpart all | linux

clearpart

Specify which partitions on a disk to remove in order to set up the correct partitions.

all		removes all partitions
linux	remove ext2, swap raid partitions

device

device

Not currently working.

driverdisk

driverdisk { KEY => VALUE, ... }

Specify a disk which will be copied to the root directory of the installed system.

partition	specify the partition containing the driver disk
type	specify the file system type of the partition

install

install

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inst_type

inst_type

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keyboard VALUE

keyboard

The keyboard method is used to specify the type of keyboard which is attached to a system.

Valid values for x86 architecture include:

azerty, be-latin1, be2-latin1, fr-latin0, fr-latin1, fr-pc, fr, wangbe, ANSI-dvorak, dvorak-l, dvorak-r, dvorak, pc-dvorak-latin1, tr_f-latin5, trf, bg, cf, cz-lat2-prog, cz-lat2, defkeymap, defkeymap_V1.0, dk-latin1, dk. emacs, emacs2, es, fi-latin1, fi, gr-pc, gr, hebrew, hu101, is-latin1, it-ibm, it, it2, jp106, la-latin1, lt, lt.l4, nl, no-latin1, no, pc110, pl, pt-latin1, pt-old, ro, ru-cp1251, ru-ms, ru-yawerty, ru, ru1, ru2, ru_win, se-latin1, sk-prog-qwerty, sk-prog, sk-qwerty, tr_q-latin5, tralt, trf, trq, ua, uk, us, croat, cz-us-qwertz, de-latin1-nodeadkeys, de-latin1, de, fr_CH-latin1, fr_CH, hu, sg-latin1-lk450, sg-latin1, sg, sk-prog-qwertz, sk-qwertz, slovene

and for Sparc:

sun-pl-altgraph, sun-pl, sundvorak, sunkeymap, sunt4-es, sunt4-no-latin1, sunt5-cz-us, sunt5-de-latin1, sunt5-es, sunt5-fi-latin1, sunt5-fr-latin1, sunt5-ru, sunt5-uk, sunt5-us-cz

lang

lang

The lang method is used to specify the type of language which will be used during the installation.

Valid languages include:

cs_CZ, en_US, fr_FR, de_DE, hu_HU, is_IS, id_ID, it_IT, ja_JP.ujis, no_NO, pl_PL, ro_RO, sk_SK, sl_SI, es_ES, ru_RU.KOI8-R, uk_UA

Use en_US to specify US english.

lilo { KEY => VALUE, ... }

lilo

append	specify arguments to be passed to the kernel
linear	specify that LILO to work in linear mode
location	specify the locatation where LILO will be written

lilocheck 1

lilocheck

If set, LILO will not perform an installation onto a system which has LILO written in the master boot record of the first hard drive.

mouse VALUE

mouse

The mouse method specifies which mouse type should be configured for the system.

Valid mouse types include:

alpsps/2, ascii, asciips/2, atibm, generic, generic3, genericps/2, generic3ps/2, geniusnm, geniusnmps/2, geniusnsps/2, thinking, thinkingps/2, logitech, logitechcc, logibm, logimman, logimmanps/2, logimman+, logimman+ps/2, microsoft, msnew, msintelli, msintellips/2, msbm, mousesystems, mmseries, mmhittab, sun, none

network

network

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packages

packages

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part

part

asprimary
bytes-per-inode
dir
grow
maxsize
noformat
ondisk
onpart
onprimary
size
type

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post

post

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pre

pre

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raid

raid

device	specify the name of the device (eg. md0, ...)
dir		specify the mount point of the raid device
level	specify the raid level to use (0, 1 or 5)
partitions	an array of partitions to use for the device

reboot 1

reboot

Use the reboot method to specify that the system should be rebooted after completing the installation.

rootpw { iscrypted => 1, rootpw => '..' } | VALUE

rootpw

The rootpw method can either be called by passing a hash reference to it, or with a scalar value. If the root password being specified is already encrypted, you should call rootpw with a hash reference and set iscrypted to be on.

iscrypted	specify that the password is encrypted
rootpw	specify the root password

skipx 1

skipx

It is possible to skip X11 configuration entirely by using the skipx method.

timezone { utc => 1, timezone => '..' } | VALUE

timezone

The timezone method can be called by passing a hash reference to it, or with a scalar value. If the hardware clock is set to Greenwich Mean Time, you should call the method with a hash reference and set utc to be on.

timezone	specify the timezone the system will be located in
utc		specify that the hardware clock is set to UTC

upgrade

upgrade

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xconfig

xconfig

The xconfig method can be used to configure the X Windowing System.

card		specify which type of card to use
defaultdesktop	specify to use kde or gnome
hsync		specify the horizontal sync freq.
monitor		specify what type of monitor to use
noprobe		specify to not probe the monitor
startxonboot	specify using run level 5 (instead of 3)
vsync		specify the vertical sync freq.

zerombr 1

zerombr

Specify that the master boot record of the primary drive should be initialized.

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Written by Patrick Devine, 2001.