For a long time, I used to use Fedora exclusively. The cleaner more user friendly Ubuntu desktop has been much better for me as a consultant in every way sans one. Remote update between versions.
Here is how I would do this in Fedora: First I would go to a server, and dump the contents of the current CD into a directory. I would then make that CD available via NFS. Since nothing on that CD was proprietary, I could open that read-only to the world... step one, quite easy. Second, I would create a kickstart file that would essentially give the install just enough intelligence to start up, configure the network, and basically nothing else... step two, tricky, but once done, easily cloned Third, I would ssh into the box, and download the ISOLINUX folder from the CD into the target's /boot directory... step three, trivial Fourth, I would edit the grub menu.lst file to have a menu item that would boot from the /boot/isolinux folder... step four trivial Then I would wait until it was time to do the actual upgrade. Once that time arrived: Step Six, I would edit the grub menu.lst to make the upgrade option the default boot option. Step seven, I would start VNC in listen mode Step eight, I would reboot the target machine Step nine, I would wait for the target machine's install process to start appearing on my desktop, and would then proceed with the install. I could have automated the entire process, but never quite felt comfortable enough with kickstart to give it full control. The version upgrade process from one version of Ubuntu to another has been troublesome for the most part. I am beginning to trust it less and less. If I wanted to produce a similar methodology for version upgrades, where would someone suggest I start? The parts I like most of the above process are the "Start the install process, and remote the screen to a VNC client listening elsewhere to actually perform the upgrade." Kevin Fries -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
