marcan/takeover.sh

Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH, without rebooting. You know you want to.

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…like "kexec" but taking over the entire hardware at the lowest possible level. Edit, found this: https://github.com/marcan/takeover.sh But it's not as low level as I hoped, though it keeps the network running which is nice :)
comment by amelius · 2026-03-06 · in Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk
…StackOverflow answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/226872/how-to-shrin... There's also https://github.com/marcan/takeover.sh (previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13622301 ) Both of these share a similar…
comment by predakanga · 2018-06-19 · in How modern Linux systems boot