Yeah, that didn't work as expected ... The system was setup to always boot from the HD first ... in order to change that I had to go in the BIOS and flip the order around so it would boot from the CD. So, I ended up stealing a coworker's keyboard when they went to lunch. Returned it before they came back ... no idea their keyboard took a short "trip" ... Once that got fixed, since I already made a disk following the link that Chris Stone sent, I went ahead and tried it et voila, works. So thanks to everyone for helping here. On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Chris Stone <axisml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Have a look at this: > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall > > > > Chris > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx > >wrote: > > > So I'm in a bit of a pickle ... I have a machine that needs to be > > repurposed from WinXP to CentOS. I downloaded the CentOS DVD and all > then > > realized ... I don't have a keyboard/mouse for the machine. It only has > > USB ports on it, and I don't have a single available USB keyboard that I > > can plug in. Bit of a problem. > > > > Usually what I do is install via VNC anyway, but that is contingent on me > > already having something on the machine that allows me to connect to it > so > > that when it boots up, I can edit the boot parameters and enable VNC. I > > don't have that this time. > > > > So, the question is: can I make a DVD image that starts the installer > with > > VNC options set and if so, how do I go about that? > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > -- > Chris Stone > AxisInternet, Inc. > www.axint.net > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos