Comments on: Remote CentOS 5 install with VNC http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/ my own pastebin :P Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:53:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: EvolutionCrazy http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-38 EvolutionCrazy Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:53:37 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-38 ehm... if you had a previous centos installation (maybe 5.4) when booting the pxe it will asks you if you want to: - upgrade existing installation (what I think you did) - install the operating system from scratch (what this guide should be handy to :P) if you do not need the data on that box and can format/re-image it I highly suggest you to do again the pxe install choosing the NEW INSTALLATION ;) ehm…

if you had a previous centos installation (maybe 5.4) when booting the pxe it will asks you if you want to:

- upgrade existing installation (what I think you did)
- install the operating system from scratch (what this guide should be handy to :P )

if you do not need the data on that box and can format/re-image it I highly suggest you to do again the pxe install choosing the NEW INSTALLATION ;)

]]> By: brai http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-37 brai Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:49:14 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-37 Hi, i found there is only pxe entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst and after boot from grub i found os is updated. this indicate up gradation was successful . I think now we have to do some changes in menu.lst or something else ? Please guide. Thanks Hi,

i found there is only pxe entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst
and after boot from grub i found os is updated. this indicate up gradation was successful . I think now we have to do some changes in menu.lst or something else ?
Please guide.

Thanks

]]> By: EvolutionCrazy http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-36 EvolutionCrazy Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:37:51 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-36 Hi brai. If after the reboot it's still booting the pxe kernel it means that the centos install didn't properly wrote the grub boot loader or you have a network boot (or something else) taking over the centos install... Re-try maybe specifing something different on the grub bootloader section during the install (try to place it on another partition...) Hi brai.

If after the reboot it’s still booting the pxe kernel it means that the centos install didn’t properly wrote the grub boot loader or you have a network boot (or something else) taking over the centos install…

Re-try maybe specifing something different on the grub bootloader section during the install (try to place it on another partition…)

]]> By: brai http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-35 brai Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:29:43 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-35 Hello, This is great . You make a difficult task so simple. After completion it asks for "Reboot" and start in Centos Install (PXE) mode. What to do ? Thanks in Advance Hello,
This is great . You make a difficult task so simple. After completion it asks for “Reboot” and start in Centos Install (PXE) mode. What to do ?

Thanks in Advance

]]> By: ricola http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-33 ricola Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:55:03 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-33 Mate Thank you so Much. This Is Great Tuto i have Tested on C-05G Before 10 Minutes It works Great! CentOS Sucessfully Installed. Via VNC Remote Method. Thank you. PS. If you need Web-Hosting contact me. Mate Thank you so Much.

This Is Great Tuto i have Tested on C-05G Before 10 Minutes
It works Great!

CentOS Sucessfully Installed. Via VNC Remote Method.

Thank you.

PS. If you need Web-Hosting contact me.

]]> By: EvolutionCrazy http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-32 EvolutionCrazy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:41:40 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-32 you are welcome :) you are welcome :)

]]> By: juangake http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-31 juangake Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:20:34 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-31 Worked like a charm. Tested on OVH server "SP-09 SSD", Intel Core i5, CentOS 5, the 64 bit version :D Thanks a lot! Worked like a charm. Tested on OVH server “SP-09 SSD”, Intel Core i5, CentOS 5, the 64 bit version :D

Thanks a lot!

]]> By: bago http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-30 bago Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:20:32 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-30 K3XL, just did it. 1) PXE initrd must be patched to indlude the atl1.ko module (from elrepo) 2) Complete install 3) Reboot in rescue-pro 4) From rescue pro mount your root and "download" its initrd and patch it to include the atl1.ko. (rescue-pro does not include the needed tools) 5) Reboot. Note that adding the atl1.ko module to the PXE initrd means adding it to modules.cgz (cpio gzipped) and to the modules-info and modules.alias files, while adding it to the last initrd means adding it to the lib folder and change the init file to insmod it. Decompress a centos 5.4 initrd: gzip -dc /boot/initrd-XXXX.img | cpio -ivd Recompress a centos 5.4 initrd: find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > /boot/initrd-XXXX.img K3XL, just did it.
1) PXE initrd must be patched to indlude the atl1.ko module (from elrepo)
2) Complete install
3) Reboot in rescue-pro
4) From rescue pro mount your root and “download” its initrd and patch it to include the atl1.ko. (rescue-pro does not include the needed tools)
5) Reboot.

Note that adding the atl1.ko module to the PXE initrd means adding it to modules.cgz (cpio gzipped) and to the modules-info and modules.alias files, while adding it to the last initrd means adding it to the lib folder and change the init file to insmod it.

Decompress a centos 5.4 initrd: gzip -dc /boot/initrd-XXXX.img | cpio -ivd
Recompress a centos 5.4 initrd: find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > /boot/initrd-XXXX.img

]]> By: bago http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-29 bago Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:25:16 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-29 So, I found that on Kimsufi 3XL this method does not work. The problem is the ethernet card in the K3XL that is not supported by the centos pxe kernel. Manually adding the eth driver to the pxe initrd let me install but once the install is complete and it reboots it does not have ethernet again, and there is no way to fix it (hd boot doesn't work, netboot doesn't work, vkvm doesn't work. Adding the kernel module from the rescue mode doesn't work either). So, I found that on Kimsufi 3XL this method does not work.
The problem is the ethernet card in the K3XL that is not supported by the centos pxe kernel.

Manually adding the eth driver to the pxe initrd let me install but once the install is complete and it reboots it does not have ethernet again, and there is no way to fix it (hd boot doesn’t work, netboot doesn’t work, vkvm doesn’t work. Adding the kernel module from the rescue mode doesn’t work either).

]]> By: bago http://evcz.tk/blog/2008/10/21/remote-centos-install/comment-page-1/#comment-28 bago Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:11:14 +0000 http://evcz.tk/blog/?p=3#comment-28 I used the correct method= (x86_64). ok, just added you on skype :-) I used the correct method= (x86_64).
ok, just added you on skype :-)

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