[CentOS] Linux reinstallation without rebooting? Alternative to kickstart and other such tools?

On 1/11/2014 6:41 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
> That's what I was looking for, many thanks!:)
> I have a funny situation in which I need to reinstall remotely from Debian
> 7 to CenOS 6.5 without kvm access and now it is possible:)

and if anything goes wrong, you'll need to get down there to the actual 
console to sort it out.

I always buy my servers with remote consoles, IPMI or iLO or DRAC or 
whatever. Costs a bit extra, but saving a few extra DC visits in the 
life of the server is priceless.

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