[mythtv-users] Who's got the smallest?

[Jarod Wilson]

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Now I'm talking to myself, but hey...

On Wednesday 16 June 2004 10:32, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 June 2004 08:32, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
> > Is there something equivalent to a kickstart for RedHat, where the
> > package choices are put onto a floppy or something like that and you
> > only install what you need?
>
> If I understand correctly, you're asking if Red Hat has a kickstart
> facility, which I presume you're comparing with what Mandy has (please
> correct me if I'm wrong). Red Hat most certainly does have a kickstart
> facility, and has had it for years upon years. They used to ship a
> ks-config utility for quite a while, which was superceded by
> redhat-config-kickstart (and now
> system-config-kickstart in FC2).
>
> I use some lean and mean kickstart files for NFS installs of any and all
> new servers at work. You can put a kickstart file on a floppy, on an NFS
> server, on a web server, or what have you, pass a parameter at install time
> (such as "linux ks=floppy"), and install completely unattended with an
> incredibly trim package set, as defined in the kickstart file. Couple that
> with a PXE-boot server, and you don't even need to put a CD or floppy in a
> new machine to load an OS.

I *really* ought to create a kickstart file people can download and use for FC 
to build a Myth box. I could even install all the ATrpms stuff in the %post 
section...

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