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Use a local kickstart file with virt-install

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A nice way to install a virtual machine with a local kickstart file is the new "--initrd-inject" option for virt-install.

Example:


virt-install --name myvm --ram 512 --disk path=/test/myvm.img,size=3 --network=network=default,model=virtio --vnc --os-type=linux --location=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/i386/os/ --initrd-inject=/test/fedora14_custom.ks --extra-args "ks=file:/fedora14_custom.ks"