Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-03-01 Thread Georghy
Benjamin Donnachie a écrit : On 28 Feb 2010, at 16:51, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart. Had a similar problem and easiest solution

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-03-01 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/3/1 Georghy fu...@wanagain.net: Benjamin Donnachie a écrit : On 28 Feb 2010, at 16:51, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart. Had a similar

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-03-01 Thread Georghy
Eero Volotinen a écrit : 2010/3/1 Georghy fu...@wanagain.net: Benjamin Donnachie a écrit : On 28 Feb 2010, at 16:51, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put

[CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart. So I cannot boot the Centos 5.4 net install CD. Is PXE kickstart easy to set up? I have a laptop here with DHCP already going. I google

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/2/28 Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com: Hey folks, I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart.   So I cannot boot the Centos 5.4 net install CD. Is PXE kickstart easy to set up?  I have a

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 28 Feb 2010, at 16:51, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart. Had a similar problem and easiest solution in the end was to buy a USB CD drive from

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Is PXE kickstart easy to set up? I have a laptop here with DHCP already going. I google and a bunch of stuff comes up but it does not look simple. Sure, http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Installation_Guide/ch-pxe.html Also, if you have an OS on the server,

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Ian Murray
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PXE , maybe it's a bit easier to download full centos dvd and install from it? It's a hardware issue with the server drive. Having said that, the CentOS net install CD is pretty small, so server's drive might read it enough to get going...

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 28 February 2010 17:42, Ian Murray murra...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It's a hardware issue with the server drive. Having said that, the CentOS net install CD is pretty small, so server's drive might read it enough to get going... Any virtual drive support in the ILO / similar? Ben

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Barry Brimer
Is PXE kickstart easy to set up? I have a laptop here with DHCP already going. I google and a bunch of stuff comes up but it does not look simple. system-config-netboot should be able to take care of almost everything for you .. although you will need to add a statement like the following

Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

2010-02-28 Thread Fernando Gleiser
- Original Message From: Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Sun, February 28, 2010 1:51:18 PM Subject: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed Is PXE kickstart easy to set up? I have a laptop here with DHCP already