These are the steps to add oracle enterprise linux as a kickstart
option at an existing kickstart server, it does pxe boot and serves the package install by
http. Your server must be on the kickstart network to be pxe booted by
this.
Make a directory to store your downladed ISOS, and store them there:
# mkdir -p /u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64
# ls/u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64
. Enterprise-R4-U5-x86_64-disc1.iso Enterprise-R4-U5-x86_64-disc3.iso
.. Enterprise-R4-U5-x86_64-disc2.iso Enterprise-R4-U5-x86_64-disc4.iso
Make a directory to store all the RPMs and all install files for your distro
# mkdir /installroot/oracle_el4x64
Copy all the files from the isos to /installroot/oracle_el4x64 by mounting them loopback and doing a cpio:
# mount -o loop /u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64/Enterprise
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-R4-U5-x86_64-disc1.iso /mnt
# cd /mnt/
# find . -depth -print | cpio -pdumv /installroot/oracle_el4x64/
# cd /
# umount /mnt
# mount -o loop /u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64/Enterprise
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-R4-U5-x86_64-disc2.iso /mnt
# cd /mnt
# find . -depth -print | cpio -pdumv /installroot/oracle_el4x64/
# cd /
# umount /mnt
# mount -o loop /u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64/Enterprise
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-R4-U5-x86_64-disc3.iso /mnt
# cd /mnt
# find . -depth -print | cpio -pdumv /installroot/oracle_el4x64/
# cd /
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# umount /mnt
# mount -o loop /u01/ISOS/ORACLE_EL4x64/Enterprise
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-R4-U5-x86_64-disc4.iso /mnt
# cd /mnt
# find . -depth -print | cpio -pdumv /installroot/oracle_el4x64/
# cd /
# umount /mnt
Make a directory to put all the files that will be served by tftp when the server to be installed is pxe booted
# mkdir /tftpboot/oracle_el4x64
Copy the small os and small kernel that is served by pxe/tftp when the server is pxe booted
# cp -rp /installroot/oracle_el4x64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
/tftpboot/oracle_el4x64/
# cp -rp /installroot/oracle_el4x64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
/tftpboot/oracle_el4x64/
Add a profile to the pxe boot options
1.
vi /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
label oracle_el4x64
kernel oracle_el4x64/vmlinuz
append initrd=oracle_el4x64/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 ip=dhcp
Add a http docbase to serve the install files and rpms using apache
# vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/inst_server. conf
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<IfDefine
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inst_server>
Alias /oracle_el4x64/ /installroot/oracle_el4x64/
Alias /oracle_el4x64 /installroot/oracle_el4x64
<Directory
/installroot/oracle_el4x64>
Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
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IndexOptions
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+NameWidth
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=*
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory
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>
</IfDefine
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>
Add a custom message that appears on the screen when the server to be installed is pxe booted:
# vi /tftpboot/bootmsg.txt
(for version 4 choose oracle_el4x64)
Restart apache so the new apache docbase is active
# /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
Reboot the server to be installed and enjoy!
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