Hi All, Thanks so much for all your advice on getting this done. I was able to hands-off upgrade my first computer last night. In reality, I'm not really upgrading my computer but doing a complete re-installation. Here's a description of what I did: Dig out the bootnet.img floppy images > mount -o loop psyche-i386-disc1.iso /tmp/mnt > mount -o loop /tmp/mnt/images/bootnet.img /tmp/bootnet Copy the bootnet binaries into /boot > cp /tmp/bootnet/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-install > cp /tmp/bootnet/initrd.img /boot/initrd-install.img Edit the /etc/lilo.conf file > vi /etc/lilo.conf ... Add this stuff ... image=/boot/vmlinuz-install label=install initrd=/boot/initrd-install.img append="ks=nfs:server:/usr/local/admin/kickstart/dist/8.0/configs/client.cfg" Now run "lilo -R" > /sbin/lilo -R install > /sbin/reboot Thanks so much for all your help. Cheryl On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:32:18PM -0800, Cheryl L. Southard wrote: > Hi All, > > Currently, when I upgrade a RedHat Linux computer, I have to first fiddle with > the EEPROM settings to boot off CD. Then I have to boot off the RHL 8.0 > CDROM, then I type > boot> linux ks=nfs:server:/path/to/ks/config/file/ks.cfg > After I am finished, I go back into the EEPROM and turn off booting off > the CD. All this is done with me sitting at the console. > > Is there any way to do a completely hands-off installation? I would like > to be able to use kickstart to upgrade a computer remotely. With new > versions of RedHat Linux coming out every 6-8 months, and the growing > number of computers I manage, it would be nice if I didn't have to physically > visit each computer. > > My dream would be to upgrade all 40 computers one evening sitting at my > home in my PJ's, working via my cable-modem. I have already figured out > how to do this for my Solaris jumpstart upgrades and it really has sped > things up. > > Thanks, > > Cheryl > -- > Cheryl Southard > cld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > --__--__-- -- Cheryl Southard cld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
