install ubuntu to a remote server?

[Upayavira]

John Affleck wrote:
> 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.

Or, you can use the approach mentioned here:

http://vafer.org/blog/tcurdt/archives/000137.html

Regards, Upayavira