Hello,
I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately this
machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network card. I was
wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it needs to start
the install off the network and do an unattended install vi nfs? Or, if
that's not possible would it be possible to boot and load CentOS completely
from the network bypassing the hard disk altogether? I don't need x on this
box, in fact it doesn't have a monitor, most of the work it will do will be
via ssh, or unattended stuff.
Thanks.
Dave.
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Dave wrote:> Hello, > I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately this > machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network card. I was > wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it needs to start the > install off the network and do an unattended install vi nfs? Or, if that's > not possible would it be possible to boot and load CentOS completely from the > network bypassing the hard disk altogether? I don't need x on this box, in > fact it doesn't have a monitor, most of the work it will do will be via ssh, > or unattended stuff. > Thanks. > Dave.I believe CentOS 3 was the last version of CentOS that included a boot floppy. IIRC, the issue is that the newer kernels (with other required components) are too large to fit on a floppy.
Dave wrote:> Hello, > I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately > this machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network > card. I was wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it > needs to start the install off the network and do an unattended > install vi nfs? Or, if that's not possible would it be possible to > boot and load CentOS completely from the network bypassing the hard > disk altogether? I don't need x on this box, in fact it doesn't have a > monitor, most of the work it will do will be via ssh, or unattended > stuff.if the system will do a PXE boot from the network and you've got a bootp/dhcp server on the LAN segment you should be able to setup a jumpstart and load the kernel via tftp, then install the system from http or nfs. I haven't done this myself in ages, so I can't be of more assistance
Hi If your machine cannot PXE boot you may be able to use Etherboot. hth richard> Hello, > I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately this > machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network card. I was > wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it needs to start > the install off the network and do an unattended install vi nfs? Or, if > that's not possible would it be possible to boot and load CentOS > completely > from the network bypassing the hard disk altogether? I don't need x on > this > box, in fact it doesn't have a monitor, most of the work it will do will > be > via ssh, or unattended stuff. > Thanks. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Dave wrote:> Hello, > I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately this > machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network card. I > was wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it needs to > start the install off the network and do an unattended install vi nfs? > Or, if that's not possible would it be possible to boot and load CentOS > completely from the network bypassing the hard disk altogether? I don't > need x on this box, in fact it doesn't have a monitor, most of the work > it will do will be via ssh, or unattended stuff.Could you do something like this : http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/