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

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:01 PM, K.S. Bhaskar <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote:

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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