install ubuntu to a remote server?

[John Affleck]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 11:08:41AM -0500, Matt Morgan wrote:
> On 11/2/05, renaaj at optonline.net <renaaj at optonline.net> wrote:
> > > I am searching google to find out if ubuntu can be installed
> > > remotely and all i find is people asking that question with no
> > > answer.  :(  so anyways, can a person that has a dedicated server
> > > at a web hoster install ubuntu on that server?  Is it possible?
> >
> > hey folks, my question is getting lost in last week's left overs. 
> > :( Please let me know if this is possible.  ;) I can't seem to
> > find anything regarding this one way or the other in a search.
> 
> You asked, "an a person that has a dedicated server at a web hoster
> install ubuntu on that server?"
> 
> I answer:  that has more to do with the host than with Ubuntu.  Why
> don't you call the host and see if they support Ubuntu?
> 
> As far as doing it under their noses, I think it would be really,
> really hard.

If the server in question is running some variant of linux, you have
root access to it, and it has some basic utilities installed, I can't
see any reason why you shouldn't be able to follow the same procedure
as described in: 
http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html

..using the ubuntu version of debootstrap, and making any other
adjustments to the procedure as necessary.

Disclaimer: I have no experience with this process. It's obviously
            possible, but that's all I know.