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On Jan 5, 2014 9:21 AM, "bruce" <<a href="mailto:badouglas@gmail.com">badouglas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi.<br>
><br>
> As a test, I want to have a complete remote/unattended install process<br>
> for a box.<br>
><br>
> The steps I'd like to have are:<br>
><br>
> 1) ssh into the box, do a reboot.<br>
> 2) the reboot process invokes an install process that installs the<br>
> OS on the box<br>
> 3) the install process uses http, to get the external iso/packages<br>
> required for the install<br>
><br>
> I've seen parts of this via pxeboot, but I'm dealing with older boxes<br>
> that might not have the nic card with pxe functionality.<br>
><br>
> I've seen parts of this as well, for systems that start with a cd, and<br>
> go from there...<br>
><br>
> I've seen parts of this that use the grub.conf mod, but it feeds back<br>
> to a vncserver, which isn't what I'm looking for..<br>
><br>
> I'm looking for a system, where, once the "kickstart"/install process<br>
> is defined, then it can then be used to do remote/unattended/complete<br>
> installs of the OS.<br>
><br>
> I was thinking that it should be doable to have the grub.conf stanza<br>
> that gets invoked on boot, to then instantiate the installation<br>
> process, but I can't quite get my head around how this can work.<br>
><br>
> If you have pointers to sites/articles, feel free to point me to<br>
> something I might have missed.<br>
><br>
> Thoughts/Comments are more than welcome.<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
> --<br>
> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Installation_Guide/ap-medialess-install.html">https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Installation_Guide/ap-medialess-install.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>