Red Hat Kickstart Mode Red Hat provides a method for unattended installation of a system using a text configuration file. To enter the kickstart mode, type linux ks . Kickstart mode works with both NFS and CD-ROM installations. The installation program looks in the following places for the config file: o the broadcast server from bootp. o the bootp server if no other server name is broadcast. o on the boot floppy if linux ks=floppy  is given. The file it looks for is given by the bootp server as either a directory or an explicit file name. If a directory is given, then kickstart looks for a file in that directory with the IP of the client as the file name followed by "-kickstart" (ie. 192.168.0.1-kickstart). If the floppy argument is given, then it will look for a file named "ks" on that floppy. [1-Main] [2-General] [3-Expert] [4-Rescue] [5-Kickstart] [6-Kernel]