[ILUG] Re: redhat 6.1 remote install

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

		"But it's the *principle* dammit : once you got the hang of
it, you could
		do a full OS upgrade from a different continent. Let's see
you do that 
		with Windows :-)"

as much as I hate to admit it, it's actually ridiculously easy to do with
windows as most such utilities are written specifically for microsoft stuff.
There are few I know of that can intelligently (i.e. not blindly) dupe Ext2
filesystem data, powerquest drive image pro can . . . 

--Steve


		ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
		> 
		> On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 09:14:35AM +0100, Vincent Cunniffe
mentioned:
		> > Yeah, I already have someone doing me a boot prom for a
different box, but
		> > I wanted to see if it would be technically possible to
do it entirely
		> > remotely.
		> 
		>  Not really. Does the boot image support a serial terminal
? Then at least
		> you could have a console (via another machine or a
terminal server).

		Yeah, it currently puts the console on serial 0.

		> > Hmmm... can I do an install of RH6.1 on a different
machine, copy an image
		> > off the partition, copy it across the network, create a
partition on the
		> > remote machine, dd the image into it, make that image
bootable, and then
		> > remotely reboot the machine?
		> 
		>  Suppose. You do realise that you are admitting to the
world what an
		> awkward git you are, yes ?

		Absolutely :-)

		This is purely in the interests of technical
possibilities... it would be
		a hell of a lot faster to hang an IDE cable out the front,
boot off rh6.1,
		and upgrade in 10 mins.

		But it's the *principle* dammit : once you got the hang of
it, you could
		do a full OS upgrade from a different continent. Let's see
you do that 
		with Windows :-)

		Vin

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