Remote Debian install?

[Marc Nozell]

On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 11:41, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Hi, all.  I've got a machine I want to install Debian on.  So far, so 
> good.  Now the bad news: it's in California, at a hosting service.  It's 
> running RH (Fedora).  I can get the hosting service to install Debian 
> for me, but it'll cost me $150.  Can anyone think of a mechanism by 
> which I could install Debian from a RH box?
> 

http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall

I've used these steps to convert a local system from RH9 to debian.
Granted I was right in front of the system when I did it, but it should
work just fine. 

Vendor plug: The iLO in most hp/Compaq ProLiants take the fear out of
remote installs.

-marc
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Marc Nozell <marc at nozell.com>