Re: [Sheflug] remote install

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 16:20, Marcus Hanwell wrote:
> > Is it possible to install linux on remote windows2000 server with VNC 
> > access. Host is sitting on a good Internet connection.
> > I heard one can put BSD or Debian remotely on the machine which is 
> > already running linux.
> > But what about windows?
>
> I don't think there is any way to do this. You can put Debian, BSD or 
> virtually any other Linux distro onto a remote PC already running 
> Linux/BSD because it is possible to chroot into a partition/directory, 
> do the install, change the boot parameters and then reboot.

How about an easy four-step process;

1. Install vmware or equivalent;
2. Repartition (if required) to create a spare drive;
3. Install Linux to spare drive;
4. Install lilo to MBR if possible, else install into partition and
create an NT chainloader

So long as you ensure everything is correctly configured (network-wise)
and the right modules are loaded, it should come up as a linux machine
when you reboot.

Probably would be cheaper and easier just to visit the machine and
install it locally though... :)

Cheers,

Alex.

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