install ubuntu to a remote server?

[renaaj at optonline.net]

> >>You asked, "an a person that has a dedicated server at a web hoster
> >>install ubuntu on that server?"
> >>
> >>I answer:  that has more to do with the host than with Ubuntu.  Why
> >>don't you call the host and see if they support Ubuntu?
> >>
> >>As far as doing it under their noses, I think it would be really,
> >>really hard.
> > 
> > 
> > If the server in question is running some variant of linux, you have
> > root access to it, and it has some basic utilities installed, I 
> can't> see any reason why you shouldn't be able to follow the same 
> procedure> as described in: 
> > http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html
> > 
> > ..using the ubuntu version of debootstrap, and making any other
> > adjustments to the procedure as necessary.
> 
> Or, you can use the approach mentioned here:
> 
> http://vafer.org/blog/tcurdt/archives/000137.html
> 

Thanks guys.  I'm going to attempt this hopefully on the weekend. ;)  I'll letcha know what happens.