Re: [PLUG] install centos6 from a debian rescue system

["K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com>]

I don't know if CentOS has the equivalent of debootstrap (I have never used CentOS), but the following _should_ work (ymmv) for any Linux, presuming that CentOS will go into a different partition from the Debian rescue image:

• Offline, install CentOS to the hard drive image of a virtual machine.
• Boot the Debian rescue image and delete all files in the CentOS partition.
• Copy / rsync the files from the hard drive image to the partition where CentOS is to reside.
• Edit the etc/fstab of the CentOS image to reflect the partitions / UUIDs / file systems of the server.
• Edit the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file of the Debian rescue system - if s/he doesn't have access to the grub screen of the server during bootup, make the CentOS image the default.
• With crossed fingers, boot the server.
• Edit the /boot/grub/grub.cfg of the CentOS machine (this can be done before the reboot).
• Reboot the server, again with crossed fingers.
• Install grub on the MBR to look for its configuration in the CentOS partition.

Regards
-- Bhaskar

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:

Question, I have a friend who wants to install CentOS6 on a dedicated server that he has no physical access to, but he has ssh access to a debian rescue system. I am familiar with installing debian via debbootstrap, is there something similar you can do with CentOS6? i.e. do some kind of bootstrap with chroot?

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Michael Lazin

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