Re: installing Linux on a machine without CD/DVD etc.

[John Hasler]

Rahul wrote:
> Is there a way to install a new linux distro wihout using a CD/DVD or
> any kind of removable media? I have a machine running ScientificLinux
> that I want to change to CentOS. I have net access so I already
> downloaded the CentOS iso installation images etc. But the server is
> far away in a cluster room. I don't have a KVM hooked up. So my ssh
> access is the only way in. Can I somehow mount the image and force a
> reinstall?

Google "pivot_root"
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John Hasler
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:39 -0600
Sam <s...@email-scan.com> wrote:
>I regret to inform you but Usenet has stopped being the domain of the
>English US-ASCII-only speaking world decades ago. There are a bunch of

I regret to inform your rather limited braincell that UTF-8 works quite
nicely in most applications without being surrounded by a MIME format.
Plus you're posting in 7 bit ascii so the only reason you're using MIME
is because you're a complete dickhead who wants to make a rather
juvenile point.

B2003