[CentOS] automated install over network
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Tue Mar 20 04:45:58 UTC 2007
Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately
> this machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network
> card. I was wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it
> needs to start the install off the network and do an unattended
> install vi nfs? Or, if that's not possible would it be possible to
> boot and load CentOS completely from the network bypassing the hard
> disk altogether? I don't need x on this box, in fact it doesn't have a
> monitor, most of the work it will do will be via ssh, or unattended
> stuff.
if the system will do a PXE boot from the network and you've got a
bootp/dhcp server on the LAN segment you should be able to setup a
jumpstart and load the kernel via tftp, then install the system from
http or nfs. I haven't done this myself in ages, so I can't be of more
assistance
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