On 10 April 2013 15:30, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 04/10/13 23:20, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > > On 04/10/2013 09:15 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> (... resending after subscribing to the list...) > >> > >> I have a workstation with > >> - ethernet connection, > >> - serial connection (with null modem cable), > >> - USB sockets, > >> - no optical drive, > >> - no display, > >> - no keyboard, > >> - no mouse. > >> > >> How can I install F19 Alpha on it? > >> > >> My partitioning needs are non-default, hence I think I'll need to run > >> anaconda in GUI mode via VNC over the ethernet connection. That's OK, > >> but I must see the initial grub menu over serial, and type in any > >> necessary boot params (for VNC) likewise. How can I do that? What boot > >> image should I use exactly, and what options should I specify when & > >> where? > > > > > > PXE + Kickstart install ? > > Thanks for the suggestion! I guess I could try to set up a PXE server. > > However I'm not considering kickstart. I kind of insist doing the > partitioning interactively; there's other stuff on the target disk that > I'd like to keep intact. > > I would say that may not be the best system to test alpha with. I have not run into any bugs yet with it eating partitions but that doesn't say they aren't there. You can try a pxe+vnc install on the system but I don't know if it works or not. The kickstart can just say "Go use VNC" by the way and then have you choose all the things you want.
> Would it be possible for me to rebuild an ISO with just a few mods here > and there in order to get serial IO upfront? > > Thanks! > Laszlo > -- > test mailing list > test@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test > -- Stephen J Smoogen.
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