Re: Totally Remote Debian Install Help
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Fredderic <fredderic@iprimus.dot.com.dot.au> wrote:
> I have a use for it (which also happens to benefit him), and so he's opened
> up his firewall so I can get to its VNC service. All I have to do now is
> send him an email to tell him to flick on the power switch. Trouble is,
> he's a third of the way around the world, I want to install Debian Linux on
> it, and he had enough trouble installing Windows (I don't know who set up
> his lan for him).
> Now, I'm trying to figure out how to replace its current Windows 98, with
> Debian Linux, preferably without having to rely on anyone there doing
> anything to the machine beyond switching it on (and perhaps hitting the
> reset button). If anyone has done something similar, or can see any
> problems with my plan below, I'd appreciate some advice.
I do this every other day, installing RH completely headless, without
floppy/CD.
But you need a box with a complete serial BIOS redirection, PXE/bootp
aware NIC, some DHCP server under your control and a NFS/http/ftp server.
Good luck
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