upgrading systems w/o physical access?

[Drew Van Zandt]

http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html

Modify for distro?

--DTVZ

On 8/24/05, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> So, I've decided it's time to upgrade my Redhat 9 "company server" to
> the latest Fedora Core.  Here's the catch: it's hosted in a data center
> in New York.
> 
> Were it here I'd bring it down, pop in the DVD and go.  On the hosted
> system, I have access to a serial console via ssh, and there's a Debian
> disc in the CD-ROM drive I can boot onto.
> 
> I'm wondering if there's an 'official' or even 'best practices' way to
> do this.
> 
> The best I've come up with is to install FC4 onto a machine here, boot
> onto the Debian CD on the server, and restore a tarball over the net on
> top of it, adjusting grub as needed.  And hope the hardware is similar
> enough for it to come up.
> 
> But that's a hack as much as any other.
> 
> I've done the yum upgrade route before, and the RPM-naming conflicts
> are enough of a pain that I'd like to avoid that method.
> 
> How have others handled this situation, or do you all host within
> driving distance?
> 
> -Bill
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Drew Van Zandt