Installing from a server
Yang Xiao
yxiao2004 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 16:32:52 UTC 2004
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:27:11 +0100, James Wilkinson
<james at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > How do I go about installing FC2 from a server? I need to update a
> > machine based in America (I'm in the UK) and so have to install from the
> > UK.
> >
> > Getting someone out to it will cost a fortune (don't ask!).
>
> Three questions:
> * Is this a new server, or does it already have Linux running on it?
> Fedora? (If it has Fedora 1, a yum upgrade may be possible).
>
> * Does this server support serial terminals? Is there any chance that
> you could get a serial connection attached? (I understand that this
> is quite possible in rack-mount situations, in which case you may be
> able to run the whole upgrade in text mode yourself).
>
> * Is there any chance to get someone to insert a floppy? A CD?
>
> James.
>
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find out the arch of the box, get a similar box, build it and Fedex
the harddrive over :P
Yang
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