I have a headless Scaleo Home Server 2205 that I'm thinking of installing Ubuntu Server on. Then on top of that I was thinking of using greyhole and CrashPlan to mimic some of the original WHS functionality. But since it's headless I would have to either fiddle with hooking it up to a graphics card using a 1x-16x pcie adapter etc. I have done it before but it's a bit of a hassle since my graphics card need extra power and the Scaleo can't support that and so on.
I was wondering if it would be possible to run an unattended install of Ubuntu Server from a USB stick or even better, have the setup enable ssh or some other form of communications option during the installation so I could manage the installation from another computer. Does any such solution exist?
This Ubuntu help article describes how to modify the netboot installer to automate things far enough to make SSH available.
Warning: I haven't tested it myself.