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would be nice to know such tricks? please PM
It's just booting the Debian Installer with GRUB.
But since it's a little bit complicated, I need some time to write a readable/understandable guide.
Use this method:
https://www.danpros.com/2016/02/how-to-install-centos-7-remotely-using-vnc
Install CentOS 7 to a 1GB partition, boot in to CentOS 7, create a new partition, dd a debian 9 install over to it, update the grub menu to boot to debian 9, done.
wow Ant, never seen that before.... This Linux
worlduniverse keeps life interesting.... and now you are going to make me try it
@ehab I have tried it myself a few years back, it is a bit fiddly depending on what you are starting from, if you have CentOS 6 to begin with it makes life very easy.
I was considering making a multi boot OS image with no grub timer so people boot to a grub menu when they buy a VPS and then pick their OS of choice and continue on with their own install they way they want it rather than template driven.
yet another project that fell off the radar sadly..
i started using gpxe/ipxe , netboot.xyz but in some cases like this one i can't be done without vnc unless i have well scripts that can run blind.
So I wrote a script to generate preseed file which can automate the installation process.
Which OS are you using currently on it? I started the re-installation from Ubuntu 16.04
can you do your magic for
alpine Virtual http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.9/releases/x86_64/alpine-virt-3.9.2-x86_64.iso
the main installation work is done by Debian Installer with preseed file
if GRUB can boot alpine in the same way as Debian
then maybe it can be done
but anyway, it requires a lot of research and experiment to build the "magic"
can you please share your preseed file , if you want via pm
Should be fine, as long you not setup a 2GB swap file.
I set 0 for swap haha
Also since v4 goes over DHCP and v6 goes over route advertisement you could install any OS and network will work fine.