Headless installation?

[Raymond Russell]

On Dec 29, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Tim Wunder wrote:

> On 12/29/2004 8:34 AM, I believe that Tim Wunder wrote:
>
>> I doubt this is possible, but does anybody know if any of the 
>> distro's available today allow for a headless install.
>> Something like sticking a live CD in the machine, booting up, ssh'ing 
>> to it (or browsing to it) and then installing it from there.
>> Just curious. I imagine I'll have to dig out a keyboard and monitor 
>> to do an install on my new harddrive.
>
> This seems interesting:
> http://ohno.mrbill.net/pipermail/linuxmanagers/2003-March/001028.html
>
> Of course, it might be easier digging out a monitor and keyboard than
> finding a null serial cable (for me, anyway).
>
> Tim
>

RedHats Kickstart and Suse's Alice may be what your looking for.  I 
remember Caldera
having something similar to what you want.

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