Re: remote installation
> What I'm trying to do is access the PC remotely and set it up from
> there. According to the normal installation, I would have to configure
> the network card as part of the install (which would be impossible).
Not imposssible. Look for the linuxcare business card cd.
You can download it I think. It sets up a box with ssh on it.
You can configure the network at boot time if you know what NIC you have
in advance. Just compile the driver into the kernel and
set the IP address on the kernel command line.
See /usr/src/linux/Documentation for more info on that part.
So you should be able to automate the ssh install that the
debian boot/root medium (business card cdrom) does..
As long as you can automate the isntallation of sshd (including
running ssh-keygen) and you have a password preset then you can
get in remotely and do the rest by hand. (fdisk, mke2fs, debootstrap)
Hmm. Maybe I'll post somethign more up to date later tonight.
Peter
>
> So, I'm leaning towards setting up a CD with exactly what a teeny Debian
> install might have (right before you would run your dpkg-reconfigure
> base-config, I think) and copy that into place on the hard drive.
> I will know well in advance the necessary drivers, IP information, et al
> to get this working. I just do not have any access to a keyboard.
>
> Originally I was looking for something like the SuSe script to save a
> complete installation 'map' of all the packages and entries to the
> dbootstrap questions on a floppy and have the person at the other end
> just run that as the installation. That way they wouldn't have to do
> anything requiring significant thought or time.
> But I can't find any such thing for Debian.
> So, I'm here.
>
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