Hi, Debian - I assume others as well - has the capabilities to install and redirect everything to an SSH connection.
You will need however to create a custom installation kit as you need to pre-configure the network and ssh to run. I used this guide: http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html (its a bit out of date - but it worked well when I used it :)) On Sunday 29 June 2008 13:35:15 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi, > > I have my Dell Optiplex GX270 here with Fedora 7 and I'm thinking to > upgrade to CentOS 5.2. I'm planning to format the machine. > > My only issue: I don't have any monitor to connect to this machine (I > don't have a monitor here at all). > > Most of the servers today gives you the option to connect to a serial > port or VNC and do a remote install, but this machine doesn't have any > of those capabilities. I can boot from hard disk, floppy, but I cannot > setup the BIOS either ... since I don't have a monitor. > > So what is the best way to install CentOS to this machine "blind"? I > thought about creating a kickstart floppy but then I recalled that I > cannot feed any parameters to the boot line. I can't use any PXE > tricks either since I cannot go into the BIOS screen.. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Hetz -- Noam Rathaus CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.beyondsecurity.com "Know that you are safe." Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
