[CentOS] re-install over internet

Mon Jun 15 23:16:20 UTC 2009
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

on 6-13-2009 7:56 AM Bob Puff spake the following:
> Hello,
> 
> I just got back from a datacenter where I installed a new server running
> CentOS 5.3.  I set up a software raid with md0 being /.  (Only one mount,
> didn't split anything up.)
> 
> I just discovered that instead of raid 1, it did raid 0... Not exactly what I
> wanted!  Probably missed that little check when installing.  So now, I need to
> change this.  But since the whole OS is on this raided partition that I want
> to change, I'm a bit stuck.
> 
> Is there a way to launch an installer while in the OS that I can re-install
> the whole thing over the internet, without having to physically go to the box?
>  Speed of installation is not that much of an issue.  It would obviously need
> to keep up some sort of shell with my current eth0 settings during the install.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas!
> 
> Bob
If you can manage to free a small amount of space in a non raid 0 boot
partition you can do a remote install. You can also do one with the netboot cd
if your colo is willing to place a cd and reboot for you. You can do a vnc
remote install and pull everything from the internet if the box has access.

If you don't have any space that WON'T need to be formatted during the
install, you might just be out of luck unless you can get a boot cd to them.

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