Linux Kickstart (Red Hat 7.1)

1: making the build machine

start with a clean redhat install out of the cd rom
make a directory called /u/RedHat-7.1 and in it extract the RedHat and images directories
compile and install zoularis
compile nvi and install it as /bin/nvi and /bin/nex
mv /bin/vi /bin/vim /bin/ex /bin/exm and make /bin/vi and /bin/ex point to the nvi binaries
compile and install freerdist, replacing rdist and rdistd [save old files into file.FCS]
compile and install postfix
mv /usr/sbin/sendmail{,.FCS} and link the postfix sendmail to it
fix /etc/postfix /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/yp.init /etc/sysconfig/network /var/yp/securenets etc. [elaborate]
tar up the pieces you changed add any other rpm’s and the post script into pack

put in the linux kickstart floppy and turn on the machine
all the necessary packages will now be installed; you can move the floppy to the next machine you are building as soon as the install progress bar appears; the machine will automatically reboot when it has completed installation, so make sure to remove the floppy before that
the following steps may not have to be run
if you are having trouble getting the site up, su root and run /home/httpd/blink/bin/FixHost
if this is a development machine, change the entry in /home/httpd/blink/properties/<machine-name>.properties to be ‘Development’
blow out the machine-name specific entries for 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
reboot
you may have to rm /u/blink/weblogs/hyperion/jserv.shm after fixing /etc/hosts

(11.8.2007)