[Gllug] Red Hat's next installer

[Paul Lee]

Bernhard Kaindl wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 
> 
>>I was reading through the release notes for Raw Hide and it states that you
>>will be able to pass the command vncpassword= to the boot sequence and be
>>able to run a graphical install from elsewhere.
>>
>>This would be great with rack mounts for installs and upgrades using kickstart
>>etc. where you do not have other access :-)
> 
> 
> If you need it, you can do it with SuSE(since 8.1) already:
> 
> http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/remote_install.html
> 
> Excerpt:
> 
> Set the password with the parameter vncpassword.
> vncpassword=passwort
> 
> SSH install is described on the same page.
> 
> Bernhard
> 
You can already remote install servers/workstations, with RH kickstart, 
or am I missing
something?

Configure your kickstart disc with chosen IP
(or dhcp) pointing it at ftp/http i386 directory and get the datacentre 
tech to reboot remote server with your kickstart disc in place. A few 
mins later you should be able to ssh into your newly installed server 
(hopefully!).

vnc/ssh is quite a luxurious option to have during the install process 
though if you want to adjust disc partitioning, packages, users etc..

Course you would have a fresh and therefore unpatched box, but kickstart 
can deal with that and grab the latest redhat updates, post install.


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Best Wishes

Paul Lee
paul at weycrest.net
www.ma1.se


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