Introduction
Kickstart is a Red Hat process that greatly simplifies the installation of Linux. You use a Windows, Linux or Mac OS X desktop to run a program (ks3.jar) that generates an installation script unique to the machine you are installing. When you install, the Linux installer follows the script rather than prompting you with many pages of questions. By using the kickstart script, you not only simplify installation, but assure a standardized deployment.
If you are installing on new hardware for the first time, you will probably need to start a non-kickstart installation before creating the kickstart script. You need to discover the exact device names that Red Hat will give your NIC(s) and disk(s). Once you have discovered the device names cancel out of the interactive installation process.
For example, this screenshot shows that Red Hat 7 will designate the two NICs in this server ens192 and ens224.
This screenshot shows that Red Hat 7 will designate the single disk / RAID array in this server sda.
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