Greetings: Just for fun was wondering how other would address this situation. Confronted with a server that is remote and is loaded with a foreign distro..:), and provided only with an ssh account, is there a safe way to load SuSE instead and ensure a successfull install, as the possibility for human and local intervention is not possible? Best and thanks /ch
Op donderdag 29 januari 2004 23:42, schreef Chris Herrnberger:
Greetings:
Just for fun was wondering how other would address this situation.
Confronted with a server that is remote and is loaded with a foreign distro..:), and provided only with an ssh account, is there a safe way to load SuSE instead and ensure a successfull install, as the possibility for human and local intervention is not possible?
It seems possible to do the installation using vnc. Never did this, so you need to look it up somewhere. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 02:42, Richard Bos wrote:
Op donderdag 29 januari 2004 23:42, schreef Chris Herrnberger:
Greetings:
Just for fun was wondering how other would address this situation.
Confronted with a server that is remote and is loaded with a foreign distro..:), and provided only with an ssh account, is there a safe way to load SuSE instead and ensure a successful install, as the possibility for human and local intervention is not possible?
It seems possible to do the installation using vnc. Never did this, so you need to look it up somewhere.
I think you missed the real point to the question and that is that the machine is -not- accessible should something go wrong. Unless there is a KVM with remote IP access I would not attempt this remote install. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)
On Friday 30 January 2004 07:26, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
It seems possible to do the installation using vnc. Never did this, so you need to look it up somewhere.
The relevant SuSE docs appear here: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/12/remote_install.html
I think you missed the real point to the question and that is that the machine is -not- accessible should something go wrong. Unless there is a KVM with remote IP access I would not attempt this remote install.
Yes correct, thats the real issue here as the machine is hosted in Miami. While I would love to fly down for the weekend, especially this winter, its cost prohibitive....but I digress. I was hopping that someone on this list could share some experiences good or bad based on attempts. Such notes are invaluable. What seem logical to me is to create a small partition and install one of the variouse recovery distro's first and confirm it is bootable via the existing RH system. This would be used as an emergency recovery system as ssh is the only available service. Once this has been tested and confirmed functional, then a command line install using yast as described above the above reference could install SuSE over RH. This all of course would have to be tested in pilot prior to being attempted.
The Saturday 2004-01-31 at 19:23 -0500, Chris Herrnberger wrote:
Yes correct, thats the real issue here as the machine is hosted in Miami. While I would love to fly down for the weekend, especially this winter, its cost prohibitive....but I digress.
I wouldn't dare to do it... unless it is a machine prepared for that: meaning, that I can use the default console (ie, keyboard and monitor) remotely through the reserve or spare machine. That would mean it couldn't be a PC, but something else built for the purpose. If I had to do it, I would hire somebody to be on site. I would prepare an image on another partition, and boot to it, but with somebody there, just in case. The image would have to be prepared on an identical machine. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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