[TriLUG] Ubuntu Dapper-Drake: Serial Console Install?

[Brian McCullough]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 12:10:14PM -0400, Jim Tuttle wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone know if it's possible to install Ubuntu 6.06 "server" using a
> > serial console session? I'm pretty sure I did this with Debian last
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I just bought a Cobalt Qube which is headless and most of the initial
> configuration, especially during install, must be done via the serial
> port.  Instead, I'm going using chroot and debootstrap to build a base
> system on my laptop running Ubuntu 6.06.  Then, I'll transfer that
> system to the Qube via NFS.  There's a nice howto at


Brian,

Another alternative would be to use QEMU on another machine, do the
install to some disk space reserved for qemu's use and then transfer
that to the other machine ( perhaps with a live cd? ) using rsync, dd +
ssh or possibly nfs, as described elsewhere.


> Jim


Brian