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| 16:00.03 | lex88 | So my boss says that I can't use a specially built kernel because then every time we have to upgrade the system we'd have to rebuild the kernel again. :psyduck: The systems aren't even going to be hooked up to the internet... I don't ever foresee them getting upgraded once they're installed. As for having to rebuild the kernel whenever you upgrade something, that doesn't even make any sense. |
| 16:00.04 | lex88 | Whatever. |
| 16:00.04 | lex88 | So I want to use stock RHEL3-AS 2.4.21-27.ELsmp initrd and vmlinuz. From there I need to modify the linuxrc script to... uh... do something -- right? I guess it needs to load the NIC modules and nfs, bring up an interface, and mount root over nfs. |
| 16:00.05 | lex88 | Surely this can't be too hard? |
| 16:00.07 | lex88 | The system is here: MB-H8DCR3 mobo |
| 16:00.09 | lex88 | [url]http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=76727&item_no=MB[/url]%2DH8DCR3&show=b&pass=&shopid= |
| 16:00.11 | lex88 | And the NIC being used is this: Broadcom BCM5721 |
| 16:00.13 | lex88 | So I guess I need some kind of "instal Broadcom BCM5721 module" command or something... I know next to nothing about how modules work. |
| 16:00.16 | lex88 | Looking at the default linuxrc script we have: |
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| 16:02.43 | lex88 | Don't know if my last message made it, I appeared to be connected but I'm not sure now (crappy mac irc software). Sending message again: |
| 16:02.43 | lex88 | So my boss says that I can't use a specially built kernel because then every time we have to upgrade the system we'd have to rebuild the kernel again. :psyduck: The systems aren't even going to be hooked up to the internet... I don't ever foresee them getting upgraded once they're installed. As for having to rebuild the kernel whenever you upgrade something, that doesn't even make any sense. |
| 16:02.44 | lex88 | Whatever. |
| 16:02.44 | lex88 | So I want to use stock RHEL3-AS 2.4.21-27.ELsmp initrd and vmlinuz. From there I need to modify the linuxrc script to... uh... do something -- right? I guess it needs to load the NIC modules and nfs, bring up an interface, and mount root over nfs. |
| 16:02.48 | lex88 | Surely this can't be too hard? |
| 16:02.50 | lex88 | The system is here: MB-H8DCR3 mobo |
| 16:02.52 | lex88 | [url]http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=76727&item_no=MB[/url]%2DH8DCR3&show=b&pass=&shopid= |
| 16:02.54 | lex88 | And the NIC being used is this: Broadcom BCM5721 |
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| 20:16.22 | xsaero00 | hello |
| 20:17.44 | xsaero00 | does any one know how can I install Win 2000 automaticly from image but from Linux server. Sorta like windows RIS but instead there is linux server. |
| 20:17.46 | xsaero00 | ???? |
| 20:20.42 | PacketScan | it can be done there is mucho documentation on the web about this. |
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| 20:25.37 | Homer | hmm |
| 20:26.04 | Homer | can PXE used to install Linux automatically on a computer's HDD |
| 20:26.22 | Homer | I'm thinking of some assembly line type way to do this |
| 20:29.37 | PacketScan | you can install just about anything via pxe. |
| 20:30.07 | Homer | even windows? |
| 20:30.21 | PacketScan | yes |
| 20:30.36 | Homer | is that how Dell/HP/etc install OSes? |
| 20:30.44 | PacketScan | i've used pxe to boot thin clients, install windows, install linux. |
| 20:31.12 | PacketScan | could be i've never looked into the methods used by dell and hp.. they are likely still using disk images. |
| 20:31.48 | Homer | yeah I think they have a really hardcore machine that does that |
| 20:32.32 | Homer | but cool |
| 20:47.46 | xsaero00 | Hey PacketScan. can you tell me how did you get PXE to install Windows? |
| 20:48.28 | xsaero00 | We need to install Win 2000 clients and all servers are Linux |
| 20:49.03 | xsaero00 | I am new to this and dot know where to find out more info? |
| 20:51.37 | PacketScan | xsaero00, i had it all laid out on a machine @ my old job i found it all though google.. it took me a fews days to get it but it worked well. |
| 20:53.04 | xsaero00 | Could you at lease give concept of you configuration. |
| 20:53.23 | xsaero00 | Like what boot image did you use? |
| 20:54.08 | PacketScan | it all starts with syslinux.. |
| 20:54.43 | PacketScan | my best advise.. grab something like thinstation.org and use pxe to boot that thinclient image.. once you get that working the world is yours. |
| 20:56.49 | xsaero00 | i see ... thats what i was planning to do anyway. But is it possible to create image of win 2000 with something like Norton Ghost and then boot Norton Recovery console through PXE and load the image on the PC? |
| 21:00.37 | PacketScan | i'm sure you could create and image from a norton ghost bootable disk set. |
| 21:00.45 | PacketScan | never tried that.. but i can see it working. |
| 21:02.17 | xsaero00 | Does the image have to be in some specific format? Probably a dumb question. |
| 21:04.17 | PacketScan | well for ghost you could take the two disk set.. make a bootable cd.. then iso/image that cd into a pxe bootable image.. thus getting you to a point to pull down and image. |
| 21:06.44 | xsaero00 | pxe bootable image??? - is that something special or asimply ISO of bootable CD will do? |
| 21:07.55 | PacketScan | right |
| 21:09.02 | xsaero00 | thanks. I'll try to get PXE running now ... |
| 23:43.25 | ScytheBlade1 | lex88, still there? |