Re: installing linux via telnet

[Jason White <jasonw ariel its unimelb edu au>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 03:30:55PM -0500, Cody Hurst wrote:
>   How is it possible for me to remotely sit at one pc and install a
> linux distro such as suse or ubuntu via telnet? 

I doubt you can achieve this via telnet, but if you can connect a serial cable
to the other machine and enter the kernel parameters to start a serial
console, you might be able to carry out the installation using a communication
package such as C-Kermit or Minicom.

Another alternative would perhaps be a live CD that includes an installer. You
could run sshd on the live CD, then connect to it using ssh from the other
machine before starting the installation process.
Obviously this wouldn't require a serial connection.

If you decide on the serial option, I think you need a null modem adapter for
the serial cable.