on 9-25-2008 1:09 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: > Scott Silva wrote: >> on 9-25-2008 12:31 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: >>> First try did not work.... >>> >>> dnk wrote: >>>> On 24/09/08 8:27 AM, "Robert Moskowitz" >>>> <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall >>>>> >>>>> Only thing I don't know how to do is have vncviewer in 'listen' mode. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I am the one that wrote that wiki article. How to put the client >>>> into listen >>>> mode depends on which VNC client you are using, and on what platform. >>> Building the CD was relatively easy. BTW, if you copy the Centos 5.2 >>> 1of6 iso image to a system with gnome, Nautlius 'open with Archive >>> Manager' makes it trivial to extract all the files from the image. >>> The rest of your build instructions were easy to follow. I am using: >>> >>> kernel vmlinuz vnc vncconnect=1.2.3.5 headless ip=dhcp ksdevice=eth0 >>> method=http://me.htt-consult.com/centos/5.2/os/i386 lang=en_US keymap=us >>> >> >> Change the above to ; >> kernel vmlinuz (crlf) >> append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 upgradeany vnc >> vncconnect=1.2.3.5 headless ip=dhcp ksdevice=eth0 >> method=http://me.htt-consult.com/centos/5.2/os/i386 lang=en_US keymap=us >> (with the append line being one line) >> You can leave out the upgradeany command, it has been in there for a >> long time and I don't do upgrades very often. > > And what about the ramdisk_size=8192? Seems I have seen that somewhere, > but it is not on the current append initrd.... line in the .cfg file. > >> Like I said it has "been around the block" and was first used on CentOS 4 since I think it was the first one to have the vnc option. When I first started using it, the ramdisk size was too small to work properly. I don't know if the defaults are different, but it doesn't hurt as I did an install with it about 2 weeks ago on a 64 bit server with CentOS 5. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080925/d8695ccc/attachment-0004.sig>