[Centos-docs] VNC Remote Install Disk

[Ralph Angenendt]

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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