Re: Linux reinstallation without rebooting? Alternative to kickstart and other such tools?

[Rafał Radecki <radecki.rafal@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I was looking for, many thanks! :)
I have a funny situation in which I need to reinstall remotely from Debian
7 to CenOS 6.5 without kvm access and now it is possible :)

Best regards,
Rafal.


2014/1/11 Kai Schaetzl <maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Andrew Holway wrote on Sat, 11 Jan 2014 11:05:37 +0000:
>
> > You will need another server set up on the same L2 network that will
> > serve DHCP and TFTP and HTTP. You can set it up similar to the
> > following.
>
> Well, I think he's lacking that option (e.g. setup DHCP in the same
> network). What he wants to do is a vnc install. You add an option to boot
> a small setup kernel that exposes the installer via vnc. You connect and
> finish the installation that way. You can also automate this with a
> kickstart file and skip the vnc part, but you have to be sure that it
> contains no mistakes. So, for just one occasion it's easier to just do the
> manual installation.
> Google for "centos vnc headless install", there's lots of tutorials.
>
> Kai
>
>
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