Performing an advanced RHEL installation
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1. Introduction
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1. 1.1. Supported architectures
2. 1.2. Installation terminology
2. Installation methods
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1. 2.1. Available installation methods
I. Performing an automated installation using Kickstart
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1. 3. Kickstart installation basics
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  1. 3.1. What are Kickstart installations
  2. 3.2. Automated installation workflow
2. 4. Creating Kickstart files
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3. 5. Making Kickstart files available to the installation program
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4. 6. Creating installation sources for Kickstart installations
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5. 7. Starting Kickstart installations
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6. 8. Consoles and logging during installation
7. 9. Maintaining Kickstart files
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  1. 9.1. Installing Kickstart maintenance tools
  2. 9.2. Verifying a Kickstart file
II. Registering and installing RHEL from the Content Delivery Network
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1. 10. Registering and installing RHEL from the CDN using Kickstart
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III. Performing a remote RHEL installation using VNC
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1. 11. Performing a remote RHEL installation using VNC
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IV. Advanced configuration options
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1. 12. Configuring System Purpose
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2. 13. Updating drivers during installation
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3. 14. Preparing to install from the network using PXE
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4. 15. Creating a remote repository
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  1. 15.1. Installing Apache on RHEL
  2. 15.2. Creating a remote repository
5. 16. Boot options
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  1. 16.1. Types of boot options
  2. 16.2. Editing boot options
    
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    16.2.1. Editing the boot: prompt in BIOS
    
    16.2.2. Editing the > prompt
    
    16.2.3. Editing the GRUB2 menu
  3. 16.3. Installation source boot options
  4. 16.4. Network boot options
  5. 16.5. Console boot options
  6. 16.6. Debug boot options
  7. 16.7. Storage boot options
  8. 16.8. Kickstart boot options
  9. 16.9. Advanced installation boot options
  10. 16.10. Deprecated boot options
  11. 16.11. Removed boot options
6. 17. Booting a beta system with UEFI Secure Boot
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V. Kickstart references
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1. A. Kickstart script file format reference
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  1. A.1. Kickstart file format
  2. A.2. Package selection in Kickstart
    
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    A.2.1. Package selection section
    
    A.2.2. Package selection commands
    
    A.2.3. Common package selection options
    
    A.2.4. Options for specific package groups
  3. A.3. Scripts in Kickstart file
    
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    A.3.1. %pre script
    
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    A.3.1.1. %pre script section options
    
    A.3.2. %pre-install script
    
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    A.3.2.1. %pre-install script section options
    
    A.3.3. %post script
    
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    A.3.3.1. %post script section options
    
    A.3.3.2. Example: Mounting NFS in a post-install script
    
    A.3.3.3. Example: Running subscription-manager as a post-install script
  4. A.4. Anaconda configuration section
  5. A.5. Kickstart error handling section
  6. A.6. Kickstart add-on sections
2. B. Kickstart commands and options reference
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  1. B.1. Kickstart changes
    
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    B.1.1. Deprecated Kickstart commands and options
    
    B.1.2. Removed Kickstart commands and options
  2. B.2. Kickstart commands for installation program configuration and flow control
    
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    B.2.1. cdrom
    
    B.2.2. cmdline
    
    B.2.3. driverdisk
    
    B.2.4. eula
    
    B.2.5. firstboot
    
    B.2.6. graphical
    
    B.2.7. halt
    
    B.2.8. harddrive
    
    B.2.9. install (deprecated)
    
    B.2.10. liveimg
    
    B.2.11. logging
    
    B.2.12. mediacheck
    
    B.2.13. nfs
    
    B.2.14. ostreesetup
    
    B.2.15. poweroff
    
    B.2.16. reboot
    
    B.2.17. rhsm
    
    B.2.18. shutdown
    
    B.2.19. sshpw
    
    B.2.20. text
    
    B.2.21. url
    
    B.2.22. vnc
    
    B.2.23. %include
    
    B.2.24. %ksappend
  3. B.3. Kickstart commands for system configuration
    
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    B.3.1. auth or authconfig (deprecated)
    
    B.3.2. authselect
    
    B.3.3. firewall
    
    B.3.4. group
    
    B.3.5. keyboard (required)
    
    B.3.6. lang (required)
    
    B.3.7. module
    
    B.3.8. repo
    
    B.3.9. rootpw (required)
    
    B.3.10. selinux
    
    B.3.11. services
    
    B.3.12. skipx
    
    B.3.13. sshkey
    
    B.3.14. syspurpose
    
    B.3.15. timezone (required)
    
    B.3.16. user
    
    B.3.17. xconfig
  4. B.4. Kickstart commands for network configuration
    
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    B.4.1. network (optional)
    
    B.4.2. realm
  5. B.5. Kickstart commands for handling storage
    
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    B.5.1. device (deprecated)
    
    B.5.2. autopart
    
    B.5.3. bootloader (required)
    
    B.5.4. zipl
    
    B.5.5. clearpart
    
    B.5.6. fcoe
    
    B.5.7. ignoredisk
    
    B.5.8. iscsi
    
    B.5.9. iscsiname
    
    B.5.10. logvol
    
    B.5.11. mount
    
    B.5.12. nvdimm
    
    B.5.13. part or partition
    
    B.5.14. raid
    
    B.5.15. reqpart
    
    B.5.16. snapshot
    
    B.5.17. volgroup
    
    B.5.18. zerombr
    
    B.5.19. zfcp
  6. B.6. Kickstart commands for addons supplied with the RHEL installation program
    
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    B.6.1. %addon com_redhat_kdump
    
    B.6.2. %addon org_fedora_oscap
  7. B.7. Commands used in Anaconda
    
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    B.7.1. pwpolicy
  8. B.8. Kickstart commands for system recovery
    
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    B.8.1. rescue
3. C. Partitioning reference
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