kickstart installation

[Etienne Goyer]

Aaron Toponce wrote:
> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> is there a step by step guide to install Ubuntu Server 8.04 using kickstart
>> installation.
>>
>> Any pointers ???
> 
> Install system-config-kickstart- a GUI for creating kickstart files.
> However, kickstart in Ubuntu doesn't support RAID or LVM. I think
> everything else works out of the box though.

Other stuff not supported by Ubuntu's implementation of Kickstart:

- PAM/NSS configuration for network directory service (authconf stuff)
- LILO bootloader configuration (but who would want that?)
- Upgrade (not relevant in Ubuntu case; we upgrade in-place using apt)
- Partitioning:
  o Partitioning limited to a single disk
  o Checking a disk for bad sectors
  o RAID/LVM, as you explained
- Driver disk support
- No "device" command to specify additional kernel module
- Installing from NFS or local hard disk
- Package exclusion in the %packages section

... And a few other less relevant tidbits.


Thanks to nijaba for the above info.


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Etienne Goyer, Senior Ubuntu System Support Analyst
Ubuntu Certified Instructor
Canonical, Ltd