Yes that is the best way of doing it. Just folow what Bob said. On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 6:08 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090613/336a5dc6/attachment-0005.html>