[CentOS] Re: custom vnc install disk [dnk]

[Dustin Krysak]

On 1-Feb-06, at 12:06 PM, Scott Silva wrote:

> Matt Hyclak spake the following on 2/1/2006 9:55 AM:
>> On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 09:40:34AM -0800, Dustin Krysak  
>> enlightened us:
>>> Yeah I guess I could. (I'll put the dunce cap on now).
>>>
>>> Would this be the proper format though?
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> default linux
>>> prompt 0
>>> timeout 0
>>> display boot.msg
>>> F1 boot.msg
>>> F2 options.msg
>>> F3 general.msg
>>> F4 param.msg
>>> F5 rescue.msg
>>> F7 snake.msg
>>> label linux
>>> kernel vmlinuz
>>> append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 vnc
>>> vncconnect=pigdog.example.com
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> So I knocked the prompt and timeout to 0 (so that hopefully my cd
>>> will just pop into the install with no keyboard interaction) and  
>>> then
>>> added the "vnc vncconnect=pigdog.example.com".
>>>
>>
>> Looks correct to me, although personally, I would set a prompt/ 
>> timeout of 5
>> or so in case I ever wanted to use the disk for something else. If  
>> you don't
>> type anything for 5 seconds, it goes with your default. If you do  
>> type
>> something, you can override your vnc settings, etc.
>>
>>> In those links They reference "linux vnc
>>> vncconnect=pigdog.example.com" -- what is the "linux" for? Do I need
>>> that in there as well? I had been all over these docs before, but I
>>> think I had just not clued into the syntax.
>>>
>>
>> 'linux' is the label. When you're typing the command in from the  
>> prompt, you
>> have to tell isolinux which thing you want to boot. Your append  
>> syntax is
>> correct.
>>
>> Matt
>>
> Wouldn't you need something to set the ip address of the adapter?  
> And the
> locale and language? These are prompted in text mode before the vnc  
> code is
> started.
>
That is a good point -- I was kind of wondering more about the  
network if anything.