Start Install from mounted USB?

Hello all,

I have broken my 2.0 setup in the process of trying to update to 3.0 and am now forced to start fresh (which might be a good thing anyways).

I am setting up on a headless HP N40L, and do not have a screen I can attach available to me.

My idea: I created the bootable USB with the OMV installer. I also have a second bootable USB on which there is a barebones ssh shell linux.

When I boot the server using the ssh shell stick I can ssh into it, and mount the OMV installer usb and access its contents.

But - is there any way from there to start & run the installation?

Since I don't have a screen, I am hoping that this way I can get OMV installed. The system drive that it should be installed on is also available of course.

Thanks for any ideas!

PS: Or if someone can give me the amount of "Enters" I need to press to set up OMV, I can try doing it blind

Zitat von ryecoaaron

Boot a live distro that you can ssh into. Then read this

Thank you so much - that worked perfectly. Never knew about debootstrap, awesome feature (also for all kinds of other emergency situations).