A kickstart file is essentially a file containing all the necessary answers to questions that are asked during a typical install. It was created by Red Hat in response to the need for automated installs. Using kickstart, an admin can create one file or template containing all the instructions.
There are three ways to create a kickstart file:
By hand
Using the GUI's
system-config-kickstart
toolUsing the standard Red Hat installation program Anaconda
In this recipe, I will cover a combination of the first two.