Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

50CHAPTER 1Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. NFS serverIf the kickstart file is on an NFS server, use the following command at the boot:prompt, replacing with the hostname or IP address of the NFS server and with the filename of the kickstart file or the path of the directorycontaining the kickstart file:linux ks=nfs::/If the filename listed in the DHCP server configuration file ends in a slash (/), it isassumed to be a directory, and the installation program looks for the file -kickstart,where is the IP address of the system beinginstalled as assigned by the DHCP server.. HTTP serverIf the kickstart file is on an HTTP server, use the following command at the boot:prompt, replacing with the hostname or IP address of the HTTP server and with the filename of the kickstart file or the path of the directorycontaining the kickstart file:linux ks=http:///. Floppy diskIf the kickstart file is on a floppy disk, the disk must be formatted as an ext2 or vfatfilesystem. If the file is named ks.cfg at the root level of the disk (not in a directory),the installation can be started with the following command at the boot:prompt:linux ks=floppyIf the file is on a floppy disk formatted as an ext2 of vfat filesystem but not on theroot directory of the disk, the path to the file as well as the filename can be specifiedas follows:linux ks=floppy:/. Hard driveIf the kickstart file is on an ext2 or vfat partition of the hard drive in the system tobe installed, use the following command at the boot: prompt, replacing with the hard drive device name such as sda1 and with the filename of thekickstart file including the full path.linux ks=hd::/