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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Centos-docs mailing list > Centos-docs at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs >