On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 09:38:41AM +1000, Glenn Hocking wrote: > Hi All > > I have a few remote Fedora systems that I want to replace with Debian. I > have no physical access and the providers of these servers will not load > Debian. > > Has anyone been successful in doing an remote online replacement of Fedora > with Debian (any version). > What you want is a chroot install. I did this a while back with some Red Hat 8 systems to transition them to Woody. Basically, you create a small alternate / parition for your Debian base system (or you can use the existing system's swap if no additional space is available). You install the base system and a kernel, boot from it and then use the old system's partitions for your new system. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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