I 'm new to linux .. can some one tell how can we create a linux image like solaris flash archive and then use it with kickstart server to build multiple clients
from same image ?
Thanks
Kickstart is a system for automated installation of Red Hat Linux - not for the distribution of Gold images. Instead of answering all the installation questions manually, you put configuation information and packages selection into a file which is read and executed by the installation program.
In this sense, KS is more like Solaris's JumpStart using a sysidcfg configuration file than Solaris's Flash Archive.
Linux doesn't have a standard imaging solution like mksysb or flash archives. Linux has the underlying tools those use (like cpio, dump, etc) so you could script your own equivalent pretty painlessly, but personally I prefer one of the many imaging solutions out there such as clonezilla, mondo rescue, ping, etc.
But generally speaking most of the time that people want a gold image, what they're really talking about is a way to make automated identical builds painlessly. For this, kickstart is better/faster than imaging. Combine it with PXE booting and life is good.
you may also want to look at mondo rescue