On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 12:10:14PM -0400, Jim Tuttle wrote: > > > > Anyone know if it's possible to install Ubuntu 6.06 "server" using a > > serial console session? I'm pretty sure I did this with Debian last > > Hi Brian, > > I just bought a Cobalt Qube which is headless and most of the initial > configuration, especially during install, must be done via the serial > port. Instead, I'm going using chroot and debootstrap to build a base > system on my laptop running Ubuntu 6.06. Then, I'll transfer that > system to the Qube via NFS. There's a nice howto at
Brian, Another alternative would be to use QEMU on another machine, do the install to some disk space reserved for qemu's use and then transfer that to the other machine ( perhaps with a live cd? ) using rsync, dd + ssh or possibly nfs, as described elsewhere. > Jim Brian -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
