I have a box, with no CD rom or accessible ports and no PXE boot support.
I do have root access.
I would like to install a fresh copy of Centos 4.
How do I run the installer from inside a working linux?
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Jason Pyeron wrote:
I have a box, with no CD rom or accessible ports and no PXE boot support.
I do have root access.
I would like to install a fresh copy of Centos 4.
How do I run the installer from inside a working linux?
Drop in vmlinuz and initrd from say the pxeboot images to /boot with an appropriate name. Edit grub.conf with appropriate settings (remote vnc installation parameters for example) and then reboot.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Christopher Chan christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk wrote:
Jason Pyeron wrote:
I have a box, with no CD rom or accessible ports and no PXE boot support.
I do have root access.
I would like to install a fresh copy of Centos 4.
There are two decently good reads on this.
and http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/upgrading_to_centos4_over_a_r...
Both detail quite thoroughly what you're looking to do.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim Perrin Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Running the installer from working linux
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Jason Pyeron wrote:
I have a box, with no CD rom or accessible ports and no
PXE boot support.
I do have root access.
I would like to install a fresh copy of Centos 4.
There are two decently good reads on this.
and
http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/upgrading_to_centos4_over_a_r... e_vnc_c
Thanks I did not think of doing a remote install, as I had console access.
I guess I could just use the "text" as a kernel option and go on my merry way.
Both detail quite thoroughly what you're looking to do.
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:07 AM To: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: RE: [CentOS] Running the installer from working linux
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim Perrin Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Running the installer from working linux
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There are two decently good reads on this.
and
http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/upgrading_to_ce ntos4_over_a_remot e_vnc_c
Thanks I did not think of doing a remote install, as I had console access.
I guess I could just use the "text" as a kernel option and go on my merry way.
Now, the network card is not recognized during install.
The machine is running 4.7 right now, without any "special" drivers.
I did a lsmod and found I am using forcedeth, I went and downloaded the forcedeth driver disk from nvidia, but no luck. It complains now drivers for my hardware.
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Now, the network card is not recognized during install.
The machine is running 4.7 right now, without any "special" drivers.
I did a lsmod and found I am using forcedeth, I went and downloaded the forcedeth driver disk from nvidia, but no luck. It complains now drivers for my hardware.
What does lspci say?
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chan Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Making a driver disk for installer was Runningthe installer from working linux
Now, the network card is not recognized during install.
The machine is running 4.7 right now, without any "special" drivers.
I did a lsmod and found I am using forcedeth, I went and downloaded the forcedeth driver disk from nvidia, but no luck. It
complains now
drivers for my hardware.
What does lspci say?
[root@host120 ~]# lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2) 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) 00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6100 nForce 430 (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [root@host120 ~]#
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