Hi Mike, "Mike King" <mike.king at redroom.co.uk> wrote: > > Theory says that you can bootstrap debian or ububtu remotely. Not that > I've managed it :) > > Mk I was sufficiently intrigued by the idea (and am sufficiently cheap enough) to do some additional research, and found two fairly comprehensive guides for Debian, and two specifically for Ubuntu: HOWTO - Install Debian Onto a Remote Linux System: http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-remotely-install-debian-over-a-rh-based-distro Install Ubuntu (hardy) 8.04 Remotely via SSH http://blog.jeffduckett.com/articles/2008/08/04/install-ubuntu-hardy-8-04-remotely-via-ssh-32-or-64-bit/ Remote Ubuntu Dapper Drake Install http://blog.nanorails.com/articles/2006/7/1/remote-ubuntu-dapper-drake-install I'm reading through these now, and will be attempting a dry run, over the next few days, using a virtual CentOS 4.7 machine that I just setup locally on my laptop, to match the new box at ThePlanet. This is entirely too fun! -dave