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!! RedHat Linux & derivatives (RedHatEnterpriseLinux, FedoraCore, CentOs)
Automatic installs on Red Hat are made very easy by the fact that [RPM]s do not ask you question when they are installed. Red Hat policy is to shoot first and ask questions later; if a file is going to be overwritten, a new file (file.rpmnew) is written in its place.
-The 'standard' way to do a Red Hat automatic install is with KickStart. This is a feature that allows you to run ksconfig(1
) and generate a configuration file that you can put on a floppy or the network. You then boot a system into anaconda (the Red Hat installer), have it automatically pick up an IP address by DHCP, mount a share for files and start installing based on the configuration file you built with ksconfig(1)
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+The 'standard' way to do a Red Hat automatic install is with KickStart. This is a feature that allows you to run ksconfig(8
) and generate a configuration file that you can put on a floppy or the network. You then boot a system into anaconda (the Red Hat installer), have it automatically pick up an IP address by DHCP, mount a share for files and start installing based on the configuration file you built with ksconfig.
!! [Debian] and derivatives (ie. [Ubuntu])
Since Debian replaced bootfloppies with debian-installer in Sarge, you have been able to pre-seed questions in an installation, in the same fashion as a Kickstart file. The best source of information is the [Debian Installer manual|http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed] - note the changes at the bottom of the file between sarge/warty-breezy and etch/dapper-onwards. There is also a section on [automatic installation in the Debian manual|http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s07.html#automatic-install], and a [sample preseed file|http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/example-preseed.txt]
