Well technically you&#x27;re already running Arch with a Debian kernel before the reboot. You could install and start services, the guide does so for sshd. Now -- taking off my pedant hat -- clearly you wouldn&#x27;t want to rely on this chimera, and rather let it settle into one shape through a reboot.<p>My success rate with such projects is sufficiently low that I only attempt it when I have no other option. And that&#x27;s for Debian -&gt; Debian bootstrapping. Most of the time I manage to fumble a crucial parameter and the boot fails. I wouldn&#x27;t even think of doing this remotely except as a challenge.<p>But that&#x27;s not to mean you shouldn&#x27;t try it for the fun of it!