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2009 Apr 05
5
Headless operations
Hi Folks,
I'm interested in "headless" installation. If I use GRUB, then I provide
arguments to the kernel of things like "headless vnc vncpassword=whoopie
ip=dhcp" GRUB passes this on to ISOLinux, which manages the CD and
subsequently the installation.
Shouldn't I be able to do exactly the same thing with EXTLinux? I ask,
because, as you might suspect, I
2009 Apr 06
1
FW: Headless operations
...zzZZ... *ifconfig* *DHCP logs* *netstat*...ZZzz... (Sleeping) -
Shao
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Miller [mailto:Chris at InfoGreat.com]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 02:05
To: Miller, Shao
Subject: RE: [syslinux] Headless operations
Hi Folks,
I trimmed my EXTLinux.conf to one stanza, as suggested. Then I use my
newly
acquired knowledge of the virtual terminals and I peeked at VT4. I saw
some
interesting things:
This is pr...
2009 Apr 06
2
Reboot from /bin/bash
Hi Folks,
GRUB claims to provide a feature that I want, but that doesn't really work.
With GRUB you can presumably run GRUB from the command line of a shell and
see the menu of boot options that would be presented if you were actually
booting. You can select a stanza from the configfile and invoke it right
then and there causing the machine to reboot as though you had selected this
option
2009 Apr 04
1
Locally attached disk is seen, 40 gig PATA in USB enclosure is not.
Hi Folks,
When I boot ISOLinux, the locally attached disk is visible but the PATA
40 Gig in a USB attached enclosure is not. The locally attached disk
has no bearing on what I am doing and to avoid confusion will not be
mentioned again. Everything is happening on the 40 Gig.
Let me explain.
The goal is: Copy an installation iso to the disk, boot the disk and
install it on that disk. I have