Bob Puff wrote: >>> John: If the DC has KVM over IP, they can connect to his box, can he >>> > do it with that? Lanny > > > Interesting idea. I don't think they do, but even if they did, I don't have > the install CD in the drive. Is there a way to perhaps load a tiny distro > on /boot, reconfigure grub to load that, and then use that to do the deed? > I can copy the data to other nearby servers, so I'm not worried about that, > but I don't have the install CDs handy. I could download something to a > nearby server though, if that would help. > setup a kickstart server on another server on the segment. this requires a DHCP server, a TFTP server for the network boot code, and a NFS server with the centos distribution. you can put a kickstart file on the tftp (or is it on the NFS? I always forget), and this can completely configure the install so it will run blind. (that -is- the tricky part here). you can at least get console logging via a network connection via the kernel module netconsole which you'd setup in the kickstart