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All, I am trying to set kickstart installation for RHEL6.1 servers. we use to have RHEL4 and RHEL5 ks.conf file. but during installation process gave error for the configuration options. ...
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    RHEL6 kickstart installation anaconda-ks.cfg files option

    All,

    I am trying to set kickstart installation for RHEL6.1 servers.
    we use to have RHEL4 and RHEL5 ks.conf file.
    but during installation process gave error for the configuration options. Can you please let me know best configuration options in ks.conf for RHEL6.
    I have some software configuration below.

    # Packages Section

    %packages
    editors
    system-tools
    mail-server
    network-server
    legacy-network-server
    ftp-server
    development-tools
    development-libs
    admin-tools
    server-cfg
    single-node-gfs
    development
    additional-devel
    network-file-system-client
    server-platform
    server-platform-devel
    server-policy
    virtualization
    virtualization-client
    virtualization-platform
    createrepo
    bootparamd
    dhcp
    dhcpv6
    device-mapper-multipath
    expect
    grub
    kernel-xen
    ntp
    rsh-server
    telnet-server
    tftp-server
    virt-manager
    xen
    sysstat
    ypserv
    -nmap
    -open
    -xdelta
    -dovecot
    -spamassassin

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    What was the exact error?

    Post your complete ks config file.

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    Hi
    It gives message for following packages saying that this packages are not included with RHEL6, I want to which packages are replaced with this packages. and what are the standard packages to install RHEL 6 with kickstart.

    KVM
    dhcpv6
    bootparamd
    system-tools
    legacy-network-server
    development-tools
    development-libs
    admin-tools
    server-cfg
    single-node-gfs
    editor

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    On an existing RHEL6 box, run this command to show available/installed groups:

    Code:
    yum grouplist
    E.g., this is what one of mine shows:
    Code:
    Installed Groups:
       Additional Development
       Arabic Support
       Armenian Support
       Base
       CIFS file server
       Console internet tools
       Debugging Tools
       Directory Client
       Directory Server
       E-mail server
       FTP server
       Fonts
       General Purpose Desktop
       Georgian Support
       Graphical Administration Tools
       Hardware monitoring utilities
       Hebrew Support
       Internet Browser
       Inuktitut Support
       Java Platform
       Lao Support
       Large Systems Performance
       Legacy UNIX compatibility
       Legacy X Window System compatibility
       Milkymist
       MySQL Database client
       MySQL Database server
       NFS file server
       Network Infrastructure Server
       Network Storage Server
       Network file system client
       Networking Tools
       PHP Support
       Performance Tools
       Perl Support
       Remote Desktop Clients
       Scientific support
       Server Platform
       Tajik Support
       Venda Support
       Virtualization
       Virtualization Client
       Virtualization Platform
       Web Server
       iSCSI Storage Client
    Available Groups:
       Afrikaans Support
       Albanian Support
       Amazigh Support
       Assamese Support
       Azerbaijani Support
       Backup Client
       Backup Server
       Basque Support
       Belarusian Support
       Bengali Support
       Bhutanese Support
       Brazilian Portuguese Support
       Breton Support
       Bulgarian Support
       Catalan Support
       Chhattisgarhi Support
       Chichewa Support
       Chinese Support
       Compatibility libraries
       Coptic Support
       Croatian Support
       Czech Support
       Danish Support
       Desktop
       Desktop Debugging and Performance Tools
       Desktop Platform
       Desktop Platform Development
       Development tools
       Dial-up Networking Support
       Dutch Support
       Eclipse
       Educational Software
       Electronic Lab
       Emacs
       English (UK) Support
       Esperanto Support
       Estonian Support
       Ethiopic Support
       FCoE Storage Client
       Faroese Support
       Fedora Packager
       Fijian Support
       Filipino Support
       Finnish Support
       French Support
       Frisian Support
       Friulian Support
       Gaelic Support
       Galician Support
       German Support
       Graphics Creation Tools
       Greek Support
       Gujarati Support
       Hiligaynon Support
       Hindi Support
       Hungarian Support
       Icelandic Support
       Indonesian Support
       Infiniband Support
       Input Methods
       Interlingua Support
       Internet Applications
       Irish Support
       Italian Support
       Japanese Support
       KDE Desktop
       Kannada Support
       Kashmiri Support
       Kashubian Support
       Kazakh Support
       Khmer Support
       Kinyarwanda Support
       Konkani Support
       Korean Support
       Kurdish Support
       Latin Support
       Latvian Support
       Lithuanian Support
       Low Saxon Support
       Luxembourgish Support
       Macedonian Support
       Mainframe Access
       Maithili Support
       Malagasy Support
       Malay Support
       Malayalam Support
       Maltese Support
       Manx Support
       Maori Support
       Marathi Support
       Messaging Client Support
       Messaging Server Support
       Mongolian Support
       Myanmar (Burmese) Support
       Nepali Support
       Northern Sotho Support
       Norwegian Support
       Occitan Support
       Office Suite and Productivity
       Oriya Support
       Persian Support
       Polish Support
       Portuguese Support
       PostgreSQL Database client
       PostgreSQL Database server
       Print Server
       Printing client
       Punjabi Support
       Romanian Support
       Russian Support
       SNMP Support
       Sanskrit Support
       Sardinian Support
       Security Tools
       Serbian Support
       Server Platform Development
       Sindhi Support
       Sinhala Support
       Slovak Support
       Slovenian Support
       Smart card support
       Somali Support
       Southern Ndebele Support
       Southern Sotho Support
       Spanish Support
       Storage Availability Tools
       Swahili Support
       Swati Support
       Swedish Support
       System Management
       System administration tools
       Tagalog Support
       Tamil Support
       TeX support
       Technical Writing
       Telugu Support
       Tetum Support
       Thai Support
       Tibetan Support
       Tsonga Support
       Tswana Support
       TurboGears application framework
       Turkish Support
       Turkmen Support
       Ukrainian Support
       Upper Sorbian Support
       Urdu Support
       Uzbek Support
       Vietnamese Support
       Virtualization Tools
       Walloon Support
       Web Servlet Engine
       Web-Based Enterprise Management
       Welsh Support
       X Window System
       Xfce
       Xhosa Support
       Zulu Support

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