Could debian be installed over skype from a remote location? On Mon, 25 Mar 2013, Rob Owens wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 03:10:40PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > i am living in a remote country and our main branch is in US where > > hosting is very expensive. it is almost costing us $4000K for a kind > > of setup we need therefore being a small company we decided to build > > our own hosting platform for our virtualized environment just for > > demoing our application to our customers and server will be reside in > > US office. now what is coming in my head is how will i install debian > > remotely. > > > > > > Since we have 1 technical resource their with almost no Linux > > experience so i think for just installing Debian squeeze i had to > > spoon feed him from very basic which i don't want. > > > > an idea comes in my head and how practical is it. that is where i > > need your advice. > > > > i am planning to create a bootable USB stick from Debian squeeze and > > then i will take the backup and send it to US office where he (our > > tech guy) just has to use clonzilla or any other image software to > > restore that data on another same space USB. and then has to boot the > > server from it. after all that i will definitly get (pre-configured) > > ssh console. i will further setup the local hard drives by he help of > > consoles. > > > > does it sound good. or i would face any issue in long term. if you > > think it is fine. then my question is how. i never done this before > > and easy to implement advice/suggestion will be highly appreciated if > > any. > > > Why not just configure a Debian system at your location, and then ship > the hard drive to be installed in the system at the remote location. > This typically works just fine, with the worst problems being things > like new names for your network device and cdrom (eth0 becomes eth1, > /dev/cdrom becomes /dev/cdrom2). But even that is preventable by > deleting certain files in /dev/udev/rules.d. > > -Rob > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <[email protected]> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
