I want to set up a new installation on a second hard drive.
The idea here is to create on a hard disk, the complete linux
installation that would be required to get a internet hardened server
running only sshd with a static IP address set up so I can burn it into
a CD-ROM and mail it to a friend.
But I have to make sure that the CD-ROM is able to boot on it's own and
then be used to perform a complete installation, remotely.
I was going to take the simple installation approach (using debian) of
hitting the box and copying everything from /dev/hdc (cdrom) to /dev/hda
(hard drive) and rebooting - remotely - to come back in to the Linux OS
running on /dev/hda.
This would also provide me with a remote failsafe boot with the CD-ROM
in case I needed to do some real serious rework.
I have a spare 1GB disk that I can use to build the distro on. But I'm
not sure about all the things necessary for a non-readable disk
installation.... and other goodies like that.
Anyone worked on something like this before?
I'm really focused on Debian because of it's ease of Administration via
SSH. I've been running my server downstairs for months now without ever
touching it. SSH is good!
