submenu '... KDE Plasma desktop boot menu ...' {
set gfxpayload=keep
menuentry '... Install' {
set background_color=black
linux /debian-installer/amd64/linux desktop=kde vga=788 --- quiet
initrd /debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz
so we need to download those two files and take the netboot.xyz cmdline arguments then
If that means that you can only connect to SSH and have no VGA/video then this will be limited, you could setup an automated install but that requires a lot more knowledge than what your guide requires.
Kexec can be used to load a new kernel and "reboot" quickly, it can also be used to load a new kernel, an initrd and never touch the disk.
Such a system lives completely in ram and allows you to modify the disk in any way you want without breaking you running Linux (which is in ram)
Any distro that has a network boot installer that can be passed to kexec can be installed this way, any that don't can still kexec any Linux distro and then install any other distro by passing the disk to a VM and installing linux through that.
You can also kexec the netboot.xyz image and get any distro supported there.
Considering that building a pc isn't more than plugging in all the parts, I'd say "building your own PC" very much is plug-and-play.
Not saying everyone can do it but "prebuilt plug-and-play" isn't the wording I'd use.