[Gllug] Type of Install Server/WorkerStation/Custom

[Ms. Lene Jensen]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Tethys wrote:

> I've never had the time to play with kickstart. Does it purely provide
> a list of packages to build with, or does it do it properly (i.e., let
> you provide modifications to config files, etc., so you can build a box
> with kickstart and have it ready to go, with not only the packages you
> want, but the entire box configured the way you want it)?

Kickstart is very versatile.  You can use components (such as @Kernel 
Development, @Gnome, @kde) or single rpms (e.g. mutt, binutils) and so 
on.  In addition, you kan have third party rpms as long as they are in 
the hdlist.  In the post section you can create users, create 
directories, install thirdparty rpms (those _not_ in hdlist), and other 
scripts.  I use it to set up computers to my specs, after install, they 
have exactly what I want to have on it, so I basically just reboot and 
it works.  Good tool, me like.

LJ
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