1.2. How Do You Perform a Kickstart Installation?

Kickstart installations can be performed using a local CD-ROM, a local hard drive, or via NFS, FTP, or HTTP.

To use kickstart, you must:

Create a kickstart file.
Create a boot media with the kickstart file or make the kickstart file available on the network.
Make the installation tree available.
Start the kickstart installation.

This chapter explains these steps in detail.

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