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Chapter 2. Kickstart

2.1. Required Packages
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If the system is using a custom distribution, it will require the following packages, which are available from any rhn-tools Red Hat Network (RHN) channel:
  • koan
  • spacewalk-koan
It is advisable to clone an existing rhn-tools channel in order to have access to these packages from your custom channel.
RHN Satellite expects the kernel and initrd files to be in specific locations within the kickstart tree. However, these locations are different for different architectures. The table below explains the different locations:
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Table 2.1. Required Distribution Files by Architecture
Architecture kernel Initial RAM Disk image
IBM System z TREE_PATH/images/kernel.img TREE_PATH/images/initrd.img
PowerPC TREE_PATH/ppc/ppc64/vmlinuz TREE_PATH/images/pxeboot/vmlinux
All other architectures TREE_PATH/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz TREE_PATH/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
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