dual boot

[bruce]

hi guys.

question regarding how to remotely auto boot/install into a system..

normal operation:
-1 drive/1 OS
machine gets turned on, boots/starts the OS

but if I want to do a remote/auto/programtic install of a new OS, on
top of the current OS, how the heck can this be accomplished.

I was initially thinking that some form of dual boot is required.. I'm
now wondering if it's possible to have a kind of "self" reinstall
process.

pointers/comments welcome.

thanks

[Michael Hennebry]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013, bruce wrote:
> question regarding how to remotely auto boot/install into a system..
>
> normal operation:
> -1 drive/1 OS
> machine gets turned on, boots/starts the OS
>
> but if I want to do a remote/auto/programtic install of a new OS, on
> top of the current OS, how the heck can this be accomplished.

I'm not quite sure what is being asked.
If you can get root acess to the machine, you can,
in principle, do pretty much anything.
If the machine is off and you cannot turn it on,
you cannot do much of anything.

[Pete Travis]

On Dec 22, 2013 3:34 PM, "bruce"  wrote:
> hi guys.
>
> question regarding how to remotely auto boot/install into a system..
>
> normal operation:
> -1 drive/1 OS
> machine gets turned on, boots/starts the OS
>
> but if I want to do a remote/auto/programtic install of a new OS, on
> top of the current OS, how the heck can this be accomplished.
>
> I was initially thinking that some form of dual boot is required.. I'm
> now wondering if it's possible to have a kind of "self" reinstall
> process.
>
> pointers/comments welcome.
> thanks

If you have an OS with grub on the system already, you can perform a
medialess installation[1] facilitated by either VNC or kickstart.

[1]
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Installation_Guide/ap-med...

--Pete