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I would say you could not install using the install setup of the distro. It would work easier if you had a second partition to install the data too but I guess you could rewrite it all. The way I see to do it is install the OS on a local machine. Then on the remote machine start renaming directories and replacing with the ones with the local install. It will be a big problem when you get down to the /root and / itself. No guarantee there. Then you need to know the hardware on the remote side to setup files like /etc/modprobe.conf, /etc/fstab, /boot/grub/grub.conf if it uses grub. If it is a virtual linux install then that may become an issue. Setup networking and make sure sshd is setup and ready to accept you on the next connection. What would have to be done is some scripts run on the next boot up to finish things that can be changed while you are on the old OS. I would give it an 80 percent chance it could be done. But if you fail what do they do or charge to fix the mess?
If you are going to all this trouble then I would think you would be capable enough to run your own local server and not need them to do it.
Brian
Last edited by Brian1; 05-21-2007 at 06:57 PM.
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