Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > I have a remote server that needs to be upgraded to FC6 (read: fresh > install) At the moment it's up and running with FC1. This machine is > also on the (local) network where I have all the iso's needed to > install. Now, normally, when I am at that location, I will grab the > vmlinuz and initrd files off of the first ISO, put them on the machine > to be upgraded, add the necessary lines to grub and reboot the thing. > Once it reboots and goes into the installer, I tell it to do an NFS > install and off I go. > > However, that approach won't work right now because I'm not > physically there nor is there anyone else who can do the initial stuff > for me. Now, since FC6 can run a vnc server during installation, I can > then remote install the system, right? So my question is, what > parameters do I feed grub to tell it a) launch 'linux vnc' instead of > just linux, and b) have the ip address fed to it directly (with all > other parameters the installer asks for, language, keyboard settings, > network settings and the NFS server information). Remember, I'm not > there to type anything on the keyboard and I know the installer is going > to ask me for the IP information before it launches vnc. I haven't played with the vnc install much yet, but I've been saving this article from Red Hat magazine in my browser to remind me that I need to do so. Perhaps it will help answer some of your questions? http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/?sc_cid=bcm_edmsept_007 -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Some god must protect drunkards and fools, there are so many of them still around.
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