Bob Puff wrote:
John: If the DC has KVM over IP, they can connect to his box, can he
do it with that? Lanny
Interesting idea. I don't think they do, but even if they did, I don't have the install CD in the drive. Is there a way to perhaps load a tiny distro on /boot, reconfigure grub to load that, and then use that to do the deed? I can copy the data to other nearby servers, so I'm not worried about that, but I don't have the install CDs handy. I could download something to a nearby server though, if that would help.
setup a kickstart server on another server on the segment. this requires a DHCP server, a TFTP server for the network boot code, and a NFS server with the centos distribution. you can put a kickstart file on the tftp (or is it on the NFS? I always forget), and this can completely configure the install so it will run blind. (that -is- the tricky part here). you can at least get console logging via a network connection via the kernel module netconsole which you'd setup in the kickstart