Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-28 Thread Nicolas Kovacs 
Le 23/03/2018 à 16:52, Kay Schenk a écrit :
> Great! Would love to hear more about your experience!

Here's the happy end in detail.

https://blog.microlinux.fr/centos-pc-engines/

Works like a charm.

Cheers,

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-27 Thread Nicolas Kovacs 
Le 27/03/2018 à 15:50, John Hodrien a écrit :
> If you're going to do an interactive install, do it graphically via
> VNC, as has already been suggested.

After much more experimenting, I can report a full success. I managed to
install CentOS 7 on the board, using a mix of serial console and VNC.
Worked like a charm.

Over the next few days, I'll write a detailed blog article about that.

Thanks very much for your numerous suggestions.

Cheers,

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-27 Thread John Hodrien 

On Tue, 27 Mar 2018, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:


The next step is to find the right combination of boot parameters so I
can install through the text console. So far, I've had no luck.

Any suggestions ?


If you're going to do an interactive install, do it graphically via VNC, as
has already been suggested.
If you don't want to do that, use kickstart.

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-27 Thread Nicolas Kovacs 
Le 23/03/2018 à 16:52, Kay Schenk a écrit :
> Great! Would love to hear more about your experience!

Right, here goes.

So, I got the hardware this morning: Calexium router board with a
quad-core AMD processor, 4 GB ram, 1 TB SATA disk, a serial console and
all the cables.

I have the board connected to a desktop PC running CentOS 7, using an
USB-to-serial adapter.

I installed Minicom, did some basic configuration, and I have a first
success. In Minicom, I can manage to see the CentOS 7 boot menu, and I
can also type some boot parameters.

The next step is to find the right combination of boot parameters so I
can install through the text console. So far, I've had no luck.

Any suggestions ?

Niki

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-23 Thread Kay Schenk 



On 03/16/2018 10:09 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:

Le 16/03/2018 à 14:29, Leon Fauster a écrit :

We use a DIGITUS USB2Serial Converter (Prolific based USBID: VID:067B PID:2303) 
and then

screen /dev/DEVICE 115200


Thanks everybody for your numerous suggestions. As soon as I have the
hardware, I'll fiddle with it and then report back my findings.

Cheers,

Niki


Great! Would love to hear more about your experience!





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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread Nicolas Kovacs 
Le 16/03/2018 à 14:29, Leon Fauster a écrit :
> We use a DIGITUS USB2Serial Converter (Prolific based USBID: VID:067B 
> PID:2303) and then 
> 
> screen /dev/DEVICE 115200

Thanks everybody for your numerous suggestions. As soon as I have the
hardware, I'll fiddle with it and then report back my findings.

Cheers,

Niki

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread Leon Fauster 

> Am 16.03.2018 um 14:21 schrieb isdtor :
> 
> Nicolas Kovacs writes:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have to install CentOS 7 for a client, to act as cache & filtering
>> proxy using Squid.
>> 
>> I'd like to use this piece of specialized hardware :
>> 
>> http://store.calexium.com/fr/systeme-pre-assemble/869-systeme-pre-assemble-rackmatrix-apu-amd-gx-412tc-quatre-coeurs-1-ghz.html
>> 
>> There is no VGA or HDMI video output, just a serial port to connect to,
>> and then three NICs and two USB ports.
>> 
>> I've never installed CentOS over a serial console, so I don't even know
>> if it's possible in the first place. Has anyone ever done something like
>> that ?
>> 
>> Any suggestions ?
> 
> I haven't done this with Linux, only Soekris+OpenBSD, but the principles are 
> the same. PXE, kickstart, monitoring via serial port. Change console settings 
> to point to the serial port as per Giles. Use a USB-to-serial converter to 
> connect to a laptop running a terminal program, or serial cable with a 
> dekstop that still has a serial port. May need a null-modem cable, I don't 
> remember.


We use a DIGITUS USB2Serial Converter (Prolific based USBID: VID:067B PID:2303) 
and then 

screen /dev/DEVICE 115200

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread isdtor 
Nicolas Kovacs writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I have to install CentOS 7 for a client, to act as cache & filtering
> proxy using Squid.
> 
> I'd like to use this piece of specialized hardware :
> 
> http://store.calexium.com/fr/systeme-pre-assemble/869-systeme-pre-assemble-rackmatrix-apu-amd-gx-412tc-quatre-coeurs-1-ghz.html
> 
> There is no VGA or HDMI video output, just a serial port to connect to,
> and then three NICs and two USB ports.
> 
> I've never installed CentOS over a serial console, so I don't even know
> if it's possible in the first place. Has anyone ever done something like
> that ?
> 
> Any suggestions ?

I haven't done this with Linux, only Soekris+OpenBSD, but the principles are 
the same. PXE, kickstart, monitoring via serial port. Change console settings 
to point to the serial port as per Giles. Use a USB-to-serial converter to 
connect to a laptop running a terminal program, or serial cable with a dekstop 
that still has a serial port. May need a null-modem cable, I don't remember.

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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread John Hodrien 

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:


I have to install CentOS 7 for a client, to act as cache & filtering
proxy using Squid.

I'd like to use this piece of specialized hardware :

http://store.calexium.com/fr/systeme-pre-assemble/869-systeme-pre-assemble-rackmatrix-apu-amd-gx-412tc-quatre-coeurs-1-ghz.html

There is no VGA or HDMI video output, just a serial port to connect to,
and then three NICs and two USB ports.

I've never installed CentOS over a serial console, so I don't even know
if it's possible in the first place. Has anyone ever done something like
that ?

Any suggestions ?


Kickstart, and do a non-interactive install.  That's always my preferred
route.

serial, as you've already had suggested.

Set anaconda to provide vnc, then connect to the vncserver
and install using the normal graphical installer just like you would on a
default install.

jh
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Re: [CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread Giles Coochey 



On 16/03/18 12:57, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:

Hi,

I have to install CentOS 7 for a client, to act as cache & filtering
proxy using Squid.

I'd like to use this piece of specialized hardware :

http://store.calexium.com/fr/systeme-pre-assemble/869-systeme-pre-assemble-rackmatrix-apu-amd-gx-412tc-quatre-coeurs-1-ghz.html

There is no VGA or HDMI video output, just a serial port to connect to,
and then three NICs and two USB ports.

I've never installed CentOS over a serial console, so I don't even know
if it's possible in the first place. Has anyone ever done something like
that ?

Any suggestions ?
You should look up installing Centos over a serial console, I believe 
you should be able to change the install parameters for netinstall to 
provide a console on the serial port.


Failing that have you considered installing Centos to the mSATA disk on 
a different system and then just transplanting the built system into 
this appliance?




Niki


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[CentOS] Install CentOS 7 over serial port on router board ?

2018-03-16 Thread Nicolas Kovacs 
Hi,

I have to install CentOS 7 for a client, to act as cache & filtering
proxy using Squid.

I'd like to use this piece of specialized hardware :

http://store.calexium.com/fr/systeme-pre-assemble/869-systeme-pre-assemble-rackmatrix-apu-amd-gx-412tc-quatre-coeurs-1-ghz.html

There is no VGA or HDMI video output, just a serial port to connect to,
and then three NICs and two USB ports.

I've never installed CentOS over a serial console, so I don't even know
if it's possible in the first place. Has anyone ever done something like
that ?

Any suggestions ?

Niki
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