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Successfully re-installed a NanoKVM machine to Debian 9
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Successfully re-installed a NanoKVM machine to Debian 9

With only SSH access (since there's no VNC provided).

@Neoon Is it legal on your service?

Share my experience for other users' convenience?

Comments

  • ehabehab Member

    would be nice to know such tricks? please PM :)

  • @ehab said:
    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.

    Thanked by 1ehab
  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider

    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.

    Thanked by 3ehab jureve uptime
  • ehabehab Member

    wow Ant, never seen that before.... This Linux world universe keeps life interesting.

    ... and now you are going to make me try it :)

  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider
    edited March 2019

    @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..

    Thanked by 2ehab poisson
  • ehabehab Member

    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.

  • @ehab said:
    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

  • 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"

  • ehabehab Member

    can you please share your preseed file , if you want via pm

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    Should be fine, as long you not setup a 2GB swap file.

  • @Neoon said:
    Should be fine, as long you not setup a 2GB swap file.

    I set 0 for swap haha

    Thanked by 1eol
  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    Also since v4 goes over DHCP and v6 goes over route advertisement you could install any OS and network will work fine.

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