.. _Copying the Kickstart File:

Copying the Kickstart File
--------------------------

To install |product_name| using a kickstart file, you first need to make the kickstart file accessible over the network. To do this:

#. Copy the kickstart file to the same directory on the HTTP server where the |product_name| installation files are stored (e.g., to ``/var/www/html/astor``).

#. Add the following string to the ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default`` file on the PXE server:

   ::

       ks=<HTTP_server_address>/<path_to_kickstart_file>

   .. note:: For EFI-based systems, the file you need to edit has the name of ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/efidefault`` or ``/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<PXE_server_IP_address>``.

Assuming that the HTTP server has the IP address of 198.123.123.198, the ``DocumentRoot`` directory is set to ``/var/www/html`` and the full path to your kickstart file on this server is ``/var/www/html/astor/ks.cfg``, your ``default`` file may look like the following:

::

    default menu.c32
    prompt 0
    timeout 100
    ontimeout ASTOR
    menu title Boot Menu
    label ASTOR
                    menu label Install
                    kernel vmlinuz
                    append initrd=initrd.img ks=http://198.123.123.198/astor/ks.cfg \
    ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://198.123.123.198/astor