Re: installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-30 Thread Doron [Ofek BIZ]
What about using a "kickstart server" (web/nfs server that export the ks file) and using the DHCP server to pass the parameter of the "kickstart server" (next-server) to your server ? About the kickstart, the "anakonda" support installation via VNC , so you can use an empty file ( just with

Re: installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-29 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 12:35 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi, > > I have my Dell Optiplex GX270 here with Fedora 7 and I'm thinking to > upgrade to CentOS 5.2. I'm planning to format the machine. > > My only issue: I don't have any monitor to connect to this machine (I > don't have a monitor her

Re: installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-29 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 12:35 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi, > > I have my Dell Optiplex GX270 here with Fedora 7 and I'm thinking to > upgrade to CentOS 5.2. I'm planning to format the machine. > > My only issue: I don't have any monitor to connect to this machine (I > don't have a monitor her

Re: installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-29 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:35:15PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi, > > I have my Dell Optiplex GX270 here with Fedora 7 and I'm thinking to > upgrade to CentOS 5.2. I'm planning to format the machine. > > My only issue: I don't have any monitor to connect to this machine (I > don't have a monit

Re: installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-29 Thread Noam Rathaus
Hi, Debian - I assume others as well - has the capabilities to install and redirect everything to an SSH connection. You will need however to create a custom installation kit as you need to pre-configure the network and ssh to run. I used this guide: http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-co

installing CentOS without any monitor

2008-06-29 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, I have my Dell Optiplex GX270 here with Fedora 7 and I'm thinking to upgrade to CentOS 5.2. I'm planning to format the machine. My only issue: I don't have any monitor to connect to this machine (I don't have a monitor here at all). Most of the servers today gives you the option to connect t