boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc

[James Harrison]

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:
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/

Hope this is of some help.

James




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From: Peter Allen <peter.allen.5000 at gmail.com>
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 1:00:18 PM
Subject: boot cd-rom network install on system with no display using vnc

 
Does anyone know how to do this?
 
Thanks
 
Peter


      
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