Fedora Core 2 Installation using VNC
 

Hi,

I would like to upgrade my Fedora box to Fedora Core 2, however it has no keyboard, no mouse and no screen. I understand you can use VNC which is what I'd like to do.

As there is no keyboard, I can't pass any boot options - would someone be kind enough to instruct me what I'd need to change on the boot ISO (CD1 I guess) in order to automatically start the VNC-based installation, and to set the IP settings so I know what to connect to?

Many thanks.

Found this in: http://www.distrowatch.com/external/...ase-Notes.html

Installation via VNC is now supported. To initiate a VNC-based installation, pass vnc as a boot-time option. If necessary, a password can be set by adding "vncpassword=<password>" to the boot-time options. The VNC display will be "<host>:1", where <host> is the hostname or IP address of the system installing Fedora Core.

It is also possible for the Fedora Core installation program to initiate a connection to a listening VNC client. This is done by using the vncconnect boot-time option:

linux vnc vncconnect=<client>[:<port>]

(Where <client> is the hostname or IP address of the system running the listening VNC client, and <port> is an optional port specification that may be specified if the VNC client is not listening on port 5500, which is the default port for this type of connection). The following examples show the how the boot-time option is specified for standard and non-standard ports:

linux vnc vncconnect=pigdog.example.com

linux vnc vncconnect=pigdog.example.com:27910

The system that is to run the listening VNC client must then launch the appropriate software to run the VNC client in its listening mode. For the VNC client supplied with Fedora Core 2, the following command is sufficient:

vncviewer -listen

In addition, a new kickstart directive has been added to support VNC-based installations:

vnc [--password <password>] [--connect <host>[:<port>]]

(Where --password <password> is an optional parameter for specifying a VNC password, and [--connect <host>[:<port>]] is an optional parameter for specifying the host (and optionally, port) of a system running a listening VNC client.)

NOTE: If you specify any of the VNC-related boot-time options, they will override the corresponding options present in the kickstart file.

I still think you will need at least a keyboard ($10) to get you going

im 99% sure you wioll need a kb to do it and it you find a way to get around it i would love to know!