[1] RedHat, and I believe SuSE, offer true walkaway
install scripts.
From a RH box, you can use a GUI point&click interface to set up a boot
floppy that will install exactly what you want, How you want it. Insert
floppy, turn on power, go away for ~25 minutes, come back, remove
floppy, reboot. Gorgeous.
Slackware 7.0, once you finish answering the up-front
questions, runs by itself, although you can also choose
a "hand-holding" mode...
-dq