On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 6:08 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bob Puff wrote:
>>> John: If the DC has KVM over IP, they can connect to his box, can he
>>>
> do it with that? Lanny
>
>
> Interesting idea. I don't think they do, but even if they did, I don't have
> the install CD in the drive. Is there a way to perhaps load a tiny distro
> on /boot, reconfigure grub to load that, and then use that to do the deed?
> I can copy the data to other nearby servers, so I'm not worried about that,
> but I don't have the install CDs handy. I could download something to a
> nearby server though, if that would help.
>
setup a kickstart server on another server on the segment. this
requires a DHCP server, a TFTP server for the network boot code, and a
NFS server with the centos distribution. you can put a kickstart file
on the tftp (or is it on the NFS? I always forget), and this can
completely configure the install so it will run blind. (that -is-
the tricky part here). you can at least get console logging via a
network connection via the kernel module netconsole which you'd setup in
the kickstart
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