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https://www.centos.org – Hello everyone,I recently performed a kickstart-install of CentOS 6, using the minimal image. Needless to say, many of the packages listed in my kickstart file were not found, so I told... [by keatonatron] (HowTos)

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Hello everyone,I recently performed a kickstart-install of CentOS 6, using the minimal image. Needless to say, many of the packages listed in my kickstart file were not found, so I told... [by keatonatron]

Using centos 6.2 I would like to kickoff installation via a kickstart file on a remote machine.

I am creating a kickstart file, and I want to install certain Package Groups in the %packages section. I prefer to install Package Groups, and therefore use the @packagegroup syntax:

%packages @Base @Core @Perl

I need to find the correct group package name which is compatible with Kickstart/Anaconda, but Kickstart only seems to recognize certain abbreviated names for a package group.

I am new to the Kickstart. I have a question:

If I have a kickstart script in USB, CentOS CD and a PC without the OS, Can I install the CentOS with the Kickstart script?

If I can, How can I identify the location of the kickstart when I boot the computer with the CentOS CD?

I generated the kickstart file from the GUI Kickstart Configuration tool that comes with CentOS 6. To test it out, I uploaded it to my website, did a netinstall boot of a box, with the... [by optize]

Perhaps some kickstart guru has a better answer, but I believe you will either need to adjust the kickstart file, or create the VMware VM with IDE drives. [by pschaff]

kickstart error 2 years 43 weeks ago

Dear All

am instaled kickstart througn yum repostry but while opening kickstart am getting error

error is attaching bellow

[root@localhost ~]# system-config-kickstart Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/system-config-kickstart", line 82, in ? kickstartGui.kickstartGui(file)

I am trying to stop my kickstart CentOS install prompting me for TCP/IP information. After I click through this prompt (keeping IPv4 and IPv6 to their defaults) the installation continues and completes just fine.

I am trying to do a kickstart install of CentOS 6.2 as a VWware guest using the generated kickstart file from a successful install on another vmware guest and keep on getting the following error me... [by Zerc]