What is the best way to wipe and install a remote headless server
without console access?
(The server is an old FC4 box, but I'm looking for a general technique.)
debtakeover looks pretty good, except it appears to be 4 years out of
date and not really working (according to other reports on this list).
Regardless, it doesn't do a totally clean install, so it's not exactly
what I'm looking for.
unetbootin looks like a good start, but requires a GUI.
I'm thinking instead of just directly modifying the GRUB loader
(/boot/grub/menu.lst) to somehow load the Debian businesscard ISO with a
preseed file, but I'm afraid I'm out of my element.
In particular, can you give me any tips or suggestions on:
1) Where should I put the businesscard ISO? It's only 33M so it'll fit
anywhere, but do I just put it into /boot?
2) Do I leave it an ISO or should I unpack it?
3) Where do I put the preseed file? (anywhere in /boot?)
4) How do I modify /boot/grub/menu.lst? (I've included it at the end of
this email.)
5) How do I configure it to load the relevant files into memory /
ramdisk so it doesn't self-destruct when formatting the hard drive?
Basically, I can almost visualize the big pieces, but I'm having a hard
time seeing how they fit together. Any suggestions you have would be
very appreciated. Thanks!
-david
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/hda3 noapic
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
title Fedora Core-up (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/hda3 noapic
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
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