marcan/takeover.sh
Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH, without rebooting. You know you want to. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3491
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1863
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7328 stars · 362 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A shell script that takes over a running Linux system over SSH, letting you boot into an in-memory rescue environment and unmount the original root filesystem without rebooting. It enables replacing one Linux distribution with another entirely remotely, with no physical console access.
Use cases
- wipe and reinstall a remote linux server without rebooting
- replace a distro over ssh with no console access
- boot into a rescue environment on a running system remotely
- unmount the root filesystem of a live server over ssh
- reinstall a vps operating system remotely
When to choose
- you need to reinstall or repartition a remote Linux box and have no physical or out-of-band console access
- you are an experienced admin comfortable with chroot, init systems, and recovery from a panic
- you can test the procedure in a VM first and have an out-of-band way to reboot if things fail
When to avoid
- you are a beginner or want copy-paste instructions - the script deliberately provides no handholding
- the system or its data matters and you cannot afford downtime or physical recovery
- your init system does not support telinit u (e.g. not sysvinit or systemd)
- you need a supported, maintained tool - this is experimental and last released in 2021
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
developer-tools deployment file-system operating-systems cli system-rescue remote-administration live-reinstall shell-script busybox tmpfs devops command-line linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/marcan/takeover.sh · fetched 2026-08-28 · d5d2a2ca393e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| marcan/takeover.sh | main | 32 |
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