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[John Scott <praiserock@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/28/05, John Scott <praiserock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/25/05, Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 18:20 -0700, Scott Leighton wrote:
> >
> > >   Thanks to Ken, Stephen and Jerry for the useful pointers.
> > >
> > >   I'm probably worrying needlessly here and the install will
> > > go fine using VNC. The only humans on the other side will
> > > be IT guys that are 100% windows oriented, but I should
> > > be able to get them to mount the DVD and type the
> > > neccessary commands to get me going with a VNC
> > > install.
> > >
> > >    I was hoping not to have to involve them, don't
> > > want to give them any reasons to dislike Linux
> > > and certainly don't want my incompetence on
> > > display if there are problems with the install <g>.
> > >
> > >    It's a few months away, but I'll report back on
> > > my success or failure.
> > >
> > >    Thanks again!
> > >
> > >     Scott
> > >
> > There should not be any reason to hate linux but admire it for being
> > able to install remotely. Not sure if MS can do that.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Schneider
> > UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
> >
> >  "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
> >   the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
> >
> >
> 
> Have you though about doing a serial port connection form another box
> (we'll call it server1) that is up and running , via null modem cable,
> and redirecting the box to be installed (we'll call it server2) output
> to server1 via the null modem cable?
> 
> Below are a few links that might get you started.
> 
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/index.html
> http://www.cpqlinux.com/serialinstall.html
> http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS/cHTML/TrinityOS-c-55.html
> http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2002-July/007641.html
> 
> John
> 

I forgot to state that you could then ssh to server1 and control
server2 over the null modem connection.  In effect server1 has become
a cheap console server.  This still requires some human interaction at
the other end.  Someone will need to either type in some commands or
you'll need to create a custom boot disk with the correct arguments
that this person boots the server from.

Not quite the same as getting true bios level control, but it will let
you install.

John