<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Thanks James:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Two questions:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I am creating boot disk on windows machine, which means I will be editing isolinux.cfg file in windows. When I open it in notepad I notice that there are no line returns. Will this be a problem?<o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I now plan to install from http without Kickstart. So I should just remove “img ksdevice={DEV} linux” I suppose. Also, I can specify DHCP for networking, right? <o:p></o:p></li> </ol> <o:p> </o:p> Peter<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of James Harrison Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:19 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> Take boot.iso from the images directory in the RHEL DVD and mount it: mount -o loop boot.iso /mnt make a directory and copy all files from /mnt to this dir. mkdir /root/iso cd /mnt cp -pr * /root/iso cd / umount /mnt Look in /root/iso/isolinux Probably want an isolinux.cfg file like this: default linux prompt 0 timeout 0 label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ksdevice={DEV} linux ip=xx.xx.xx.xx netmask=xx.xx.xx.xx dns=xx.xx.xx.xx gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx vnc vncconnect=xx.xx.xx.xx vncpassword=abcdef method=nfs:xx.xx.xx:/{PATH TO LINUX_DISTRO EXPORTED FROM NFS SERVER} keymap=us lang=en_US.UTF-8 fill in the details. Dont forget to make an NFS server. To make the iso file use something like: mkisofs -o "/root/iso/isolinux.iso" -boot-info-table -b isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -c boot.cat /root/iso/isolinux<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Use this file to boot from an RSA adapter or burn a cd. Hope this helps<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> From: Peter Allen <peter.allen.5000@gmail.com> To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 5:43:41 PM Subject: RE: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> <div> Ok, I will try this and report back with results J<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Peter<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of James Harrison Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:25 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> <div> <div> You have to make your own boot cd and insert the information I provided into the isolinux.cfg. James<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> From: Peter Allen <peter.allen.5000@gmail.com> To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 5:07:43 PM Subject: RE: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> <div> What if the OS destination machine has no keyboard or monitor??<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Peter<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of James Harrison Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:52 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> <div> <div> Hi, Start by running a vncviewer in listen mode (I use realvnc: vncviewer --listen from a command line ). Boot the machine to install linux with the cd-rom and you type: linux ip=xx.xx.xx.xx netmask=xx.xx.xx.xx dns=xx.xx.xx.xx gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx vnc vncconnect=xx.xx.xx.xx vncpassword=abcdef method=cdrom keymap=us lang=en_US.UTF-8 You need to specify IP, method, keymap and lang information otherwise it will ask you for this before vnc is running. the ip address is the address you want to give to the machine your installing linux on. Can also be ip=dhcp vncconnect is the IP address you ran the vncviewer on vncpassword is the password. Not sure if it should be encrypted or mot method=cdrom specify your install media By booting from a cd-rom you unfortunately have to perform a media check. This requires output to a screen and a few key presses and I don't know if this can be disabled. The way I got round this was to use an NFS server, so the boot line is: linux ip=xx.xx.xx.xx netmask=xx.xx.xx.xx dns=xx.xx.xx.xx gateway=xx.xx.xx.xx vnc vncconnect=xx.xx.xx.xx vncpassword=abcdef \ method=nfs:xx.xx.xx:/{PATH TO LINUX_DISTRO EXPORTED FROM NFS SERVER} keymap=us lang=en_US.UTF-8 eg, method=nfs:10.2.34.123:/export/RHEL5.4/i386 /export/RHEL5.4/i386 is the path on the NFS server to the DVD distribution on disk. You have to copy the contents of the DVD to disk. Heres a useful web page: <a href="http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/</a> Hope this is of some help. James<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> From: Peter Allen <peter.allen.5000@gmail.com> To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 1:00:18 PM Subject: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc<o:p></o:p> <div> Does anyone know how to do this?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Thanks<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Peter<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>