<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>kickstart + VNC + virtual terminal</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Our</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> kickstart install method</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with RHEL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">U</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">5</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">)</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">involves running pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and post</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install scripts using a virtual terminal tty</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">as follows</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">%</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pre</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">interpreter</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bin</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sh</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">chvt</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bash</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mnt</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">source</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ks</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">_</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pre</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">dev</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tty</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> ></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">dev</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tty</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>&</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">chvt</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">| </FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">%</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pos</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nochroot</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">interpreter</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bin</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sh</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">chvt</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bash</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mnt</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">source</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ks</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">_</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">post</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">dev</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tty</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> ></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">dev</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">tty</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>&</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">|</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">chvt</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Both pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install and post</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install parts are interactive</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">requesting some</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">data</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">but continuing on no</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">input timeout</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with a value by default</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">).</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Everything work</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> OK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">...</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Now</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I would like to perform a remote installation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">v</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ia</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> VNC</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Well</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">so</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I add the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">vnc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">boot</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">time option and it begins to work</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">but</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">...</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">All the time while pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> runs I see only the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">initial</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">installation</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">screen on my VNC client</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I can</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t see the progress of the pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Then</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">when the pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install finishes</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I see the nice</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Installing Packages</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">graphical progress on the VNC client</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Then</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">when post</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install starts</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the picture is stuck and I have no way</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to see the progress of the post</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Could anybody suggest a way to get the pre</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install and post</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">install</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">parts available from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">VNC client</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any other way to have a completely remote installation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> with in</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">teractive</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">pre-install and post-install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> parts</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bram</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML>