Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH (2017)
> This script does not have any provisions for exiting out of the new environment back into something sane. You will have to reboot when you're done. If you get anything wrong, your machine won't boot. Tough luck.<p>So then "without rebooting" in the title is inaccurate, no?<p>I haven't studied TFA carefully. But reinstalling running Linux systems via SSH is pretty routine, no? Using debian-installer with network-console, I mean.<p>I occasionally reinstall remote servers with LUKS via SSH. I just login, build the installer, and reboot into it. Then I SSH to the installer, and almost complete it. Just before rebooting, I go to single-user mode, and setup dropbear in initramfs. Then I reboot.<p>So OK, that's two reboots, not one. And if it fails, I just reboot using the control panel. If I've really fucked up, I reinstall and try again.