Comments on: Debian Squeeze 6.0 Installation Over SSH

By: Josh Enders

Josh Enders — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:20:53 +0000

It’s possible to enable ssh automatically via kernel arguments which are parsed by d-i or preseed (analogous to kickstart) the entire installation away.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:59:48 +0000

It’s still pants, under RHEL you can tell it to start SSH automatically or even VNC server so you can do a remote install. All you need is to PXE boot the server which you can control via IPMI.

By: Chris laPointe

Chris laPointe — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:45:28 +0000

I agree with Elizabeth. There are many time you want to do an install, but you really do not want to be in the machine room because of noise or a generally uncomfotable environment. If you really need to prestage, You could always send a an ISO that is setup with preseed.

By: Elizabeth Krumbach

Elizabeth Krumbach — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:04:46 +0000

Yes, you do have to have some access to the machine to use this method, but the first three steps can easily be given to a datacenter tech or someone who is on site.

By: Corvus

Corvus — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:36:59 +0000

if user choose to install from SSH, it is because he has not physical access to the server: step 1 to 3 isn’t possible…