Notes

So... perhaps a blog would be a good place to put some notes

A few hours ago, I converted a CentOS 5.2 server to Debian Lenny. I've done it before, and it's not at all difficult - if you know what you're doing each step of the way. However, my brain is only so big and I can't remember everything so I made sure to find a few guides before I dove in.

http://www.void.gr/kargig/blog/2009/04/02/howto-remotely-install-debian-over-gentoo-without-physical-access/

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-remotely-install-debian-over-a-rh-based-distro-p4

The only problem is that neither of these guides are particularly up-to-date nor are they particularly straight-forward.

I'm making this post as a note to myself to write my own guide that can be more-or-less automated, but still offers the first-time debian converter the info they need to proceed with confidence.