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. > above is all one long line.... > > For my setup. Where the real IP address I am using is what I got from > ifconfig on my notebook. > > > > I have 'vncviewer -listen' running in a terminal window on my Centos > notebook, and it reports to be listenting on port 5500. 'iptables -L' > reports ACCEPT for fcp-addr-srvr1 (which google tells me is port 5500), > and I have opened port 5500 within my Intranet. > > Boot from CD (there is actually a screen on my OQO, but at only 800x480, > I would not know if there was something at the bottom of the display) > and I watch it start up and proceed all the way to the Centos5 X screen > and sit there. Nothing on the client. Guess I am going to have to open a > monitor port on the switch the OQO is plugged into and watch with > tcpdump to see if anything is actually happening. > > > hmmm, for the 'heck of it', I pressed <altN> and the install took off. > Asked me what language and such I wanted (the 'standard' two dialog > windows). The third <alt-N> brought me to Disk Druid. That kernel line > is NOT working quite right. It is clear the changes to the first two > lines 'took': > > prompt 0 > timeout 0 > > As the install did not wait for any command line input. So what is wrong > with that kernel line? I editted isolinux.cfg with gedit, and I just > looked at the file on the iso build server with vi and it shows that as > all one line. What is wrong here? Should I break out wireshark, or is > there a problem with: > > > 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 > > where 1.2.3.5 is really the IP address of my client system. and > me.htt-consult.com replace with the fqdn of my repo server (this works > just fine with a 'linux askmethod'). If you are going to do a remote install source, just use the netboot cd image. It is much smaller, and doesn't have to deal with the media check. I do installs like this all the time on headless servers in my site. -- 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/20080925/1f9820c9/attachment-0005.sig>