Thanks. Do I need to use Kickstart?
Is Kickstart necessary to open the VNC server session?
I cannot place the Kickstart file on the
CD, right?
Peter
From:
kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Harrison
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Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network
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1. I use a program called TextPad. It deals with the line
returns.
2. sorry my mistake. It should be: append initrd=initrd.img
ksdevice={DEV,eg:eth0} ip=dhcp ......
this should boot with dhcp.
From: Peter
Allen <peter.allen.5000@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011
7:01:19 PM
Subject: RE: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
Thanks James:
Two questions:
- I
am creating boot disk on windows machine, which means I will be editing
isolinux.cfg file in windows. When I open it in notepad I notice
that there are no line returns. Will this be a problem?
- I
now plan to install from http without Kickstart. So I should just
remove “img
ksdevice={DEV} linux” I suppose. Also, I can specify
DHCP for networking, right?
Peter
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Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
Take boot.iso from the images directory in the RHEL DVD and
mount it:
mount -o loop boot.iso /mnt
make a directory and copy all files from /mnt to this dir.
mkdir /root/iso
cd /mnt
cp -pr * /root/iso
cd /
umount /mnt
Look in /root/iso/isolinux
Probably want an isolinux.cfg file like this:
default linux
prompt 0
timeout 0
label linux
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img ksdevice={DEV} 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
fill in the details. Dont forget to make an NFS server.
To make the iso file use something like:
mkisofs -o "/root/iso/isolinux.iso" -boot-info-table -b isolinux.bin
-no-emul-boot -c boot.cat /root/iso/isolinux
Use this file to boot from an RSA adapter or burn a cd.
Hope this helps
From: Peter
Allen <peter.allen.5000@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011
5:43:41 PM
Subject: RE: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
Ok, I will try this and report back with
results J
Peter
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Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network
install on system with no display using vnc
You have to make your own boot cd and insert the information
I provided into the isolinux.cfg.
James
From: Peter
Allen <peter.allen.5000@xxxxxxxxx>
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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
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011
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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>
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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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