Re: Stage 4 Gentoo Server Project ISO.

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 03:20, adam morley wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 11:30:25PM +1000, Wade Mealing wrote:
> > Gday all, 
> 
> hi
> 
> [snip]
> > still be done ), but I would like to have the install start ssh with a
> > root password set to the MAC of the first ethernet card.  
> > 
> > The IP will either be DHCP assigned, or fallback to a 192 address in
> > case no DHCP server can be found. (Perhaps maybe an app to find the
> > computer that is being setup... shouldnt be too hard to write )
> > 
> > It may be possible to do the install via a serial console for those who
> > are interested in this method and if possible this will included on the
> > LiveCD version of the GSP.
> 
> I'd probably never use stage 4.  But it might help some.  I would *love* to see a full serial console based install ---  I hated having to put a monitor on a new rackmounted server that's already plugged into a serial concentrator.  Is this coming at some point in the LiveCD?
> 

Thats good, because you could use the standard gentoo stages otherwise,
maybe they can be distributed on another server LiveCD.

> I do love the idea of a master build server 
> -- reminds me of Sun's jumpstart which can be really handy for installs.

Can you point us in directions.. do you have any old manuals ? this is
the kinda stuff we need :).  If there is any work already done on
something like this the less we have to code the better.

Either way, the server project vision is in development at the moment,
this kinda stuff needs to be talked about.

This project is really standing on the shoulders of giants, (Gentoo Dev
Team, GPL coders), but hopefully we can produce something gigantic from
it.

Wade Mealing


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