thoughts on fetching / installing box image for linode in a single blind boot

via pivot_root

api create - single disk - minimal% (debian)
boot
lish # (maybe ssh?)
  mkdir -p /newroot/oldroot
  apt-get install -y debootstrap
  debootstrap jessie /newroot http://mirrors.linode.com/debian
  pivot_root / switch_root / systemctl switch-root  /newroot 
  umount oldroot/{dev/{pts,shm,},proc,sys,} oldroot
  ...
  loss of console? loss of root password?  
  ...
  wget / curl url | dd if=- of=/dev/sda