Installing with Kickstart#
Kickstart provides a method of automating the installation process by providing a file which contains the answers to the questions that would be asked during installation. NVIDIA provides kickstart templates for the following categories of systems:
Systems with multinode NVLinks such as the DGX GB200: https://repo.download.nvidia.com/baseos/el/el-files/10/el10-ks/dgx-mnvl-ks.cfg
Systems with pre-5th generation NVLinks such as the DGX A100 and DGX H100: https://repo.download.nvidia.com/baseos/el/el-files/10/el10-ks/dgx-nvswitch-ks.cfg
Systems with 5th generation NVLinks such as the DGX B200: https://repo.download.nvidia.com/baseos/el/el-files/10/el10-ks/dgx-nvswitch-nvl5-ks.cfg
For more information on using kickstart files with Red Hat 10, refer to the chapter on installing with a kickstart file section in Red Hat documentation.
These files contain tags that you must replace with your site specific information: language, keyboard, timezone, hostname, and so forth.
Each tag is of the form “CHANGE_YOUR_xxxx”. These tags must be replaced with your specific information.
Once you have a kickstart file customized for your installation, place that file in a location that can be accessed by NFS, FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS.
After booting from the installation medium, when the grub menu appears, press e to edit the grub
entry as you normally would to add the “nomodeset” option. In addition to “nomodeset”, add an option
in the format “inst.ks=<URL>”.
For example:
inst.ks=https://192.168.1.2/kickstart/dgx-nvswitch-ks.cfg
Lastly, after using these kickstart files – remember to reboot the system one final time to apply all settings.