Re: Remote upgrade headless server with businesscard ISO?

[David Barrett <dbarrett@quinthar.com>]

Well, debootstrap is great (totally awesome, really) for setting up a 
chroot, but I'm not super sure how to pull the rug out from underneath 
the old bootable OS installation and insert the new bootable chroot, 
swap in the new kernel, etc.

Basically, if at all possible, I'd really like to just run the installer 
and format away all the old partitions.  Barring that, I agree the 
debootstrap option might be the only feasible choice.

-david

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 03:03:04AM -0700, David Barrett wrote:
> > What is the best way to wipe and install a remote headless server without 
> > console access?
> >
> > (The server is an old FC4 box, but I'm looking for a general technique.)
> >
> > debtakeover looks pretty good, except it appears to be 4 years out of date 
> > and not really working (according to other reports on this list). 
> > Regardless, it doesn't do a totally clean install, so it's not exactly what 
> > I'm looking for.
>
> I think you need (c)debootstrap.
>
> Regards,
> Andrei