If your are using kickstart for the install, just add/modify into ks.cfg
the following:
firewall --enabled --port=ssh:tcp
Sasko
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Stromberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:37 PM
To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: remote installs?
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:33:21 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 March 2005 00:23, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>> I have a Redhat Enterprise 3 AS install to do tonight. The machine
isn't
>> located in one of the buildings where I have an office, so sitting
there
>> waiting for it to finish installing would be a pain. I'd prefer it
if I
>> could walk over, start up the install, and walk back to my relatively
cozy
>> office. :)
>>
>> I've been experimenting with VNC as a way of doing installs. It
seems to
>> work great, but I've been doing it by popping in the first cdrom,
>> launching a VNC install, and then doing things remotely. The problem
is,
>> that after the install is done, that cdrom is still in the cd drive,
so
>> the reboot after the install comes back up off of the install cdrom.
>>
>> Is there some way of ejecting the cdrom in such a way that it won't
be
>> reloaded, via VNC, or something like that?
> Are you installing from a network resource like NFS, ftp, http, or
even a
> local Hard Disk? (I would assume so, as you won't be there to swap
CDs).
> Is that's the case, once the install has begun (ie, you are past the
"running
> anaconda..." message, you should be able to physically eject the CD at
that
> point as it is no longer playing an active part in the process...
Yes, this worked well for me last night - except that upon first reboot,
the machine came up with a firewall that was blocking everything,
including ssh. But other than that, this is a great way to do it.
And yes, you assumed correctly: we usually do our installs over NFS.
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