Net installing would be my choice. I would also add that if your hardware have a light-out manager (like most Dell, HP, IBM, Sun, etc server do), you could probably get your machine's console output using it, either through a serial or Ethernet port. Some of them even do ssh!
Ala Salman wrote: >> Um, _what_ grub file? As I said, I didn't find a /boot/grub/manu.lst > on >> the CD image (ubuntu-6.06.1-server-i386.iso); nor was I able to figure >> out how the CD generates the /boot/grub/menu.lst that it installs on > the >> HD. Is there some other grub file I should be looking for? > > I wouldn't know where the grub file lives in the boot cd, i have never > looked. > > However, I can suggest you try to install via pxeboot/net install > method. > > Setup a pxe boot server (check howtoforge.com for a very nice tutorial). > After you are done, find this file: pxelinux.cfg/default and add > console=ttyS2,115200n8 -- to the default boot stanza such that it looks > like this: > > LABEL install > kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux > append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz > ramdisk_size=14332 root=/dev/rd/0 rw console=ttyS2,115200n8 -- > > Now when you boot your client machine, it will find the pxe server, > start booting, and will throw everything to the console, provided that > your console is ttyS2. > > That was all basically from memory, i hope i didn't miss anything :) > > -ala > > > -- Etienne Goyer 0x3106BCC2 "For Bruce Schneier, SHA-1 is merely a compression algorithm." http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/164
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