Re: (very) remote install

1999-10-15 Thread Joe Block
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 08:13:01PM -0400, paul wrote: > I've been asked to install Debian on a server that resides several > thousand miles from where I am (I am in Philadelphia, the server is in > Korea). Is it possible for me to replace the current RH installation with > Debian from my pre

Re: (very) remote install

1999-10-15 Thread Oki DZ
William T Wilson wrote: ... > Other than that, the plan is fairly sound. Make a minimal Debian system, > put it in some free space *on its own partition*, set lilo to boot that > new kernel, and reboot. You don't really need to chroot anywhere during > the process. ... This sounds good to me.

Re: (very) remote install

1999-10-15 Thread William T Wilson
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, paul wrote: > Korea). Is it possible for me to replace the current RH installation with > Debian from my present location? Where are docs pertaining to this? > The owner of the machine (call him john) wants to avoid the reboot, and > does not know (or trust) anyone at the re

Re: (very) remote install

1999-10-15 Thread Matthew Dalton
Once you've reformatted /dev/hda, how do you transfer and unzip the base system? paul wrote: > > I've been asked to install Debian on a server that resides several > thousand miles from where I am (I am in Philadelphia, the server is in > Korea). Is it possible for me to replace the curr