James
From: Peter Allen <peter.allen.5000@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 5:07:43 PM
Subject: RE: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc
What if the OS destination machine has no keyboard or monitor??
Peter
From:
kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Harrison
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011
11:52 AM
To: Discussion list about
Kickstart
Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
Hi,
Start by running a vncviewer in listen mode (I use realvnc: vncviewer --listen
from a command line ). Boot the machine to install linux with the cd-rom and
you type:
linux ip=xx.xx.xx.xx netmask=xx.xx.xx.xx dns=xx.xx.xx.xx
gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx vnc vncconnect=xx.xx.xx.xx vncpassword=abcdef method=cdrom
keymap=us lang=en_US.UTF-8
You need to specify IP, method, keymap and lang information otherwise it will
ask you for this before vnc is running.
the ip address is the address you want to give to the machine your installing
linux on. Can also be ip=dhcp
vncconnect is the IP address you ran the vncviewer on
vncpassword is the password. Not sure if it should be encrypted or mot
method=cdrom specify your install media
By booting from a cd-rom you unfortunately have to perform a media check. This
requires output to a screen and a few key presses and I don't know if this can
be disabled. The way I got round this was to use an NFS server, so the boot
line is:
linux ip=xx.xx.xx.xx netmask=xx.xx.xx.xx dns=xx.xx.xx.xx
gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx vnc vncconnect=xx.xx.xx.xx vncpassword=abcdef
\
method=nfs:xx.xx.xx:/{PATH TO LINUX_DISTRO EXPORTED FROM NFS
SERVER} keymap=us lang=en_US.UTF-8
eg,
method=nfs:10.2.34.123:/export/RHEL5.4/i386
/export/RHEL5.4/i386 is the path on the NFS server to the DVD distribution on
disk. You have to copy the contents of the DVD to disk.
Heres a useful web page:
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/
Hope this is of some help.
James
From: Peter
Allen <peter.allen.5000@xxxxxxxxx>
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011
1:00:18 PM
Subject: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks
Peter
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