RE: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
We kickstart RHEL and CentOS servers using PXE all the time.
Anything specific you want to know about the process (We pretty much do
what Oren described)?
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Subject: Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
CentOS/RHEL has the 'kickstart' over network mechanism for about a
decade :)
This is a big question, so in general:
1. The DVD contents should be available for reading on an NFS share.
2. TFTP server should supply PXE (see pxelinux), which would lead to the
correct kernel + initrd (also on the tftp), with kernel parameters "ks"
to
point on your "ks.cfg".
3. DHCP would give the server its IP and the path to the TFTP PXE boot.
("next-server" dhcp parameter).
I'm sure there's plenty of docs out there about ks..
On Friday, 28 March 2008 17:41:50 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got an thinkpad X31 without the ultrabase, which means - no
> CDROM/DVD. I don't have an external CDROM/DVD (I have 6 internal DVD
> drives on my other machines already).
>
> So I was wondering if someone knows a way to install CentOS/RHEL (or
> any other Linux distribution) without using any external DVD/CD drive,
> without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB). Any ideas?
> anyone tried to install a distribution using the PXE boot?
>
> Also, does anyone knows any Linux program which can simulate a
> CDROM/DVD drive with a PXE?
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
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Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Quoting Yedidyah Bar-David, from the post of Mon, 31 Mar: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:25:20AM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > > Quoting Alex Dover, from the post of Sun, 30 Mar: > > > Just for the record, Red Hat / CentOS always had network install mode > > > (FTP/HTTP/NFS). With demise of Red Hat Linux I think you can only install > > > Fedora or CentOS from network, but still... > > > > "Demise of RHL"? anything we should know? > > RHL, the product, is no longer updated or worked on. News flash, it's alive and kicking, it's just called "Fedora Core" now. These days "RHL" usually means RHEL, which is also alive and well. since sadly neither are dead, I'm not sure what demise he is refering to. -- Maintainability consultant Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:25:20AM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > "Demise of RHL"? anything we should know? I think he's refering to the all inclusive package that Red Hat sold. It was designed for everyone to use with lots of instalation options. At one time it was offered in Intel, Alpha, and SPARC versions. Red Hat dropped it when they "exited" the desktop market. They offer RHEL, which is targeted at servers (and people with money), and Fedora which is targeted at experimenters (free). Neither are seen as viable options for business desktop computers as RHEL is too server oriented and Fedora is too unstable. Neither has by themselves, or combined have all the instalation options that RHL had. Red Had announced they were thinking about re-entering the desktop market, so far it has not happened. IMHO their dropping the "Core" from Fedora 8, was an indication that it will be based on Fedora, and probably marketed using that brand, such as "Fedora Pro" or some similar name. Others have said it will be based on RHEL. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:25:20AM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Alex Dover, from the post of Sun, 30 Mar: > > Just for the record, Red Hat / CentOS always had network install mode > > (FTP/HTTP/NFS). With demise of Red Hat Linux I think you can only install > > Fedora or CentOS from network, but still... > > "Demise of RHL"? anything we should know? RHL, the product, is no longer updated or worked on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux Now there is RHEL, Fedora and CentOS (and a few others). I know you know this... -- Didi = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Quoting Alex Dover, from the post of Sun, 30 Mar: > Just for the record, Red Hat / CentOS always had network install mode > (FTP/HTTP/NFS). With demise of Red Hat Linux I think you can only install > Fedora or CentOS from network, but still... "Demise of RHL"? anything we should know? -- A Federal case Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Hi, Red Hat have a network installation. Start the installation in a text based installation and you can choose a network installation sources (nfs, http or ftp) You can combine it with kickstart , PXE or kickstart + PXE . Doron Lior Kaplan wrote: Dotan Shavit wrote: On Friday 28 March 2008, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB) Actually, you can use disk-on-key to install a full distribution using a "network install" (e.g. http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/netinst) AFAIK Redhat based distributions don't have network installations. Only PXE boot (just a copy of the right files from the first CD). -- P Save a tree...please don't print this e-mail/ /
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Just for the record, Red Hat / CentOS always had network install mode (FTP/HTTP/NFS). With demise of Red Hat Linux I think you can only install Fedora or CentOS from network, but still... Manual here speaks of preparing a local FTP/HTTP install server, but AFAIK you can use CentOS ftp as well. http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Installation_Guide/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html Regards Alex Dover On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all for the help. > > I've created some "PXE server" (tftpboot, dhcp etc..) and installed > the CentOS. Everything works perfectly except the wifi, but thats > another issue. > > Thanks all for your help. > Hetz > > = > 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] > >
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Thanks all for the help. I've created some "PXE server" (tftpboot, dhcp etc..) and installed the CentOS. Everything works perfectly except the wifi, but thats another issue. Thanks all for your help. Hetz = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Dotan Shavit wrote: > On Friday 28 March 2008, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >> without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB) > > Actually, you can use disk-on-key to install a full distribution using > a "network install" (e.g. http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/netinst) AFAIK Redhat based distributions don't have network installations. Only PXE boot (just a copy of the right files from the first CD). -- Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
On Friday 28 March 2008, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB) Actually, you can use disk-on-key to install a full distribution using a "network install" (e.g. http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/netinst) # = 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]
Re: installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
CentOS/RHEL has the 'kickstart' over network mechanism for about a decade :)
This is a big question, so in general:
1. The DVD contents should be available for reading on an NFS share.
2. TFTP server should supply PXE (see pxelinux), which would lead to the
correct kernel + initrd (also on the tftp), with kernel parameters "ks" to
point on your "ks.cfg".
3. DHCP would give the server its IP and the path to the TFTP PXE boot.
("next-server" dhcp parameter).
I'm sure there's plenty of docs out there about ks..
On Friday, 28 March 2008 17:41:50 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got an thinkpad X31 without the ultrabase, which means - no
> CDROM/DVD. I don't have an external CDROM/DVD (I have 6 internal DVD
> drives on my other machines already).
>
> So I was wondering if someone knows a way to install CentOS/RHEL (or
> any other Linux distribution) without using any external DVD/CD drive,
> without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB). Any ideas?
> anyone tried to install a distribution using the PXE boot?
>
> Also, does anyone knows any Linux program which can simulate a
> CDROM/DVD drive with a PXE?
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
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installing CentOS/RHEL without CD using PXE?
Hi, I just got an thinkpad X31 without the ultrabase, which means - no CDROM/DVD. I don't have an external CDROM/DVD (I have 6 internal DVD drives on my other machines already). So I was wondering if someone knows a way to install CentOS/RHEL (or any other Linux distribution) without using any external DVD/CD drive, without disk-on-key (the ISO image itself is about 3.6 GB). Any ideas? anyone tried to install a distribution using the PXE boot? Also, does anyone knows any Linux program which can simulate a CDROM/DVD drive with a PXE? Thanks, Hetz -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org = 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]
