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Support => Installation Support => Topic started by: maxim on Wednesday 03 September 2008, 03:17:05 am



Title: Enabling Console redirection for Install
Post by: maxim on Wednesday 03 September 2008, 03:17:05 am
Is it possible to modify the kernel append to change the console to ttyS0 so that installation is possilbe on a system that has no video?

Also is it possible to install Endian through PXE, in case a CDROM is not possible for use with a system?


Title: Re: Install headless through serial port
Post by: npeterson on Friday 10 October 2008, 03:45:42 am
Either of these are possible with linux, just google them.

here is what i found:

http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linuxquestions.org-member-success-stories-23/general-pxe-install-server-259952/


Title: Re: Enabling Console redirection for Install
Post by: maxim on Monday 05 October 2009, 08:29:07 am
I appreciate the reply from the user above, however, this doesn't help regarding the specific options that would be appended to the kernel line in the PXE configuration. Specifically i'm curious about how the installer application will find the needed package files to install. Typical methods are FTP, HTTP, NFS, Local Disk, and CD. RHEL's installer, Anaconda has these options and presents them to the user when the CD option is not available.