Yes, the idea is that you would boot the target machine using a CD and then connect to the machine via a web browser to finish the installation. From the artic

Yes, the idea is that you would boot the target machine using a CD and then connect to the machine via a web browser to finish the installation. From the article: The idea is booting the target machine with a Debian installation image preseeded with a fixed / dynamicaly assigned ip address that start up a web server that allows the sysadmin to connect to with a simple web browser and perform the whole installation process comfortaby sat at his desk.