Comments about oreilly Managing RPM-Based Systems with Kickstart and Yum:

Excellent detail and clarity. Lists different ways of achieving things and explains their pros and cons.

Comments about oreilly Managing RPM-Based Systems with Kickstart and Yum:

A concise introduction to kickstarting Red Hat based Linux distributions and how to keep them patched and up to date with the exact same infrastructure used for installations.

If you have been managing systems through kickstart, satellite server and the like for some time, there is not much new information, even if you haven't worked with yum before. If you are new to kickstart, however, you will find a good introduction to the topic, complete with a suggestion on how to layout your environment. In this respect, this O'Reilly Short Cut does exactly what it says: giving you a short cut to a workable environment.

Comments about oreilly Managing RPM-Based Systems with Kickstart and Yum:

Very tightly written, every page full of good info. Great job! Thank you.