Re: Installing Debian over SLES/RHEL
On Monday 08 December 2008, Dan Dart wrote:
> I want to install Debian Lenny over a SUSE Ent Server 10 /Redhat EL 4
> / CentOS 4.7 system (S/390(X)) while only having ssh access to the
> server. How can I do this in a safe way? How would I install the
> bootloader correctly without "bricking" the system?
The best option is to use 'debootstrap' to install onto an empty
disk from a running system. You can then use 'cpcmd' to issue
an ipl from that disk to see if it boots. If you have configured
the VM watchdog correctly, it should automatically reboot into the
original system in case of misconfiguration.
Arnd <><
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