Installing Ubuntu remotely?

[Kent Borg]

On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 05:34:40PM +0100, Christian wrote:
> I don't have any Linux operating system installed on that machine 
> previously. From what I have read somewhere is that you can put the 
> installation CD/DVD into the drive, wait for the installer to boot and then 
> type a command that will get an IP address from the local network and then 
> you can connect to that IP from another computer through telnet and once the 
> connection is established the installation process will begin.

I don't know that that is possible, but how about this: Experimenting
locally, craft a kickstart file that completely drives the
installation you need, put it on an accessable web site, then have
someone at the computer boot the install CD and type something like
"linux ks=http://www.yourwebsite.com/ks.cfg", and it will do
everything you want, including setup a password that is mostly secure:
i.e., it is not sent in the clear, the person at the other end doesn't
have to know it, slight catch is that sshd will not be running by
default, I am not sure how to turn that on, you might need your
accomplice at the other end to manually do that for you.

This is a bit different from what I am looking for, I want to install
on a spare partition of a running computer without disrupting the
running--at least not until I am ready to try booting.


-kb