[Centos-docs] VNC Remote Install Disk

[Dustin Krysak]

Well like i said originally - this was a "personal" copy that was going 
to be rewritten once the 4.4 server cd was out. I just sent this in 
because you asked for the draft (assumed it was to look at the technical 
content of it) - by no means was this intended to be the one published 
on the wiki. I do understand that it needed to be modified and there are 
certain "professional" considerations.

Dustin



Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Dustin Krysak wrote:
>   
>>    Here it is, and I guess let me know what you need next.
>>     
>
> Some general issues (yes, I think we should include this):
>
> Please shorten it a little bit. Meaning: Generalize it, take out the
> personal stories - and please: No fucking swear words on the wiki ...
>
>   
>>    The purpose of this disk is simple - to be able to install a second system
>>    with Centos without having to hook up a keyboard/mouse/monitor.
>>     
>
> That's enough for an abstract.
>
>   
>>    I am doing this in point form with a little explanation. No real detail…
>>    just the commands to get the job done. I did this with a Centos 4.2 box
>>    running as root. Probably better to run it under a regular user account and
>>    “sudo” as needed. But alas - I did it this way.
>>     
>
> Generalize. Drop the "I can, we can, you can" - select one person to
> tell your story in. I'd opt for the "you can".
>
>   
>>    As you can see I changed a few minor things like the prompt and timeout to
>>    “0”. This is because I do not want to have to do any keyboard interaction,
>>    nor would I be able to see the screen when I was asked for these prompts.
>>    This  disk is just for VNC installs. So the prompts and time outs were
>>    removed. The other thing I modified was the default boot option. Now as you
>>    can  see  I added the options for the default boot to initialize a VNC
>>    connection to a listening viewer[4]3) located on “192.168.0.100”. Obviously
>>    modify this to match your desired network. There is a vnc parameter that can
>>    be passed (in a boot option) in which you can set a VNC password on the
>>    installers VNC server - but I figured since it is on my private lan behind a
>>    firewall - what the heck. No need for it. The security concious may wish to
>>    add this parameter. The other options cover some of the default information
>>    required  to be able to auto populate these values - otherwise you are
>>    prompted to fill it out. But again - no keyboard/mouse/monitor. So we pass
>>    the info here. Feel free to modify with your preferences for a different
>>    language, etc. And as you can see, there must be a DHCP server on your LAN
>>    to assign the IP to the machine targeted for installation.
>>     
>
> Generalize. This can be shortened.
>
>   
>>    This will create the final iso in your tmp directory. In my first run at
>>     
>
> [...]
>
> Same as above. No need for the parts about the "fine folks in the
> anaconda team" :)
>
> But yes, as already stated, an edited version should be hosted - in my
> opinion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ralph
>   
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