On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Sven wrote:
Is there a way to install centos over my actually debian or suse server like an autoinstaller script or rsync or nfs? I have no local access to the server so that the installation must be done over remote. If yes can anyone provide an faq or HowTo for a way to update my server to centos.
Thisapproach of doing a hot overwrite is essentially not readily attainable , as to the Debian install, and certainly not something which would be common enough to be well documented or tested.
It is possible to essentially do a chrooted install in a spare partition, and do the 'fixup' of the bootloader to 'dual boot' between the old and a new OS; I do so on a development box I maintain where it runs either caos-1 or Centos-33 on the same hard drive, (and of course, in the same chassis).
I have done recovery work where a person had overlaid RH over top of a Slackware install -- it was a real mess.
-- Russ herrold