Remote Debian install?

[Randy Edwards]

 > Assuming it comes up, I've got a minimal Debian install.

   It always works that smoothly in my assumptions too. :-)  (I assume you're 
testing this on a local box just to make sure you don't have to blow $150, 
eh?)

 > I've tried to install GRUB from scratch before, and failed -- and RTFM'ing
 > was kind of opaque.

   Is that what they call that black color?!  My French was never that 
good. :-)

 > Can  anyone supply me with the magick(tm) one-line command that would
 > install GRUB with a /boot/vmlinuz kernel, from partition /dev/hda4?

   Debian includes a magical "grub-install" command.  It'll probe your 
disks/BIOS and set up the master boot record.

   From there, you only need to fiddle with the /boot/grub/menu.lst to make 
sure it's pointing to the right kernel and boot partition.  Double check that 
menu.lst -- I've been bitten more than once relying on Debian's 
auto-detect-the-kernels when booting from an odd root partition.

 Regards,
 .
 Randy

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