From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 15:27:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC74516A46E for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.bzerk.org [82.95.223.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A7113C465 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBDFAu2v075191; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:10:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lBDFAu6p075190; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:10:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:10:56 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Yves Vogl Message-ID: <20071213151056.GA74878@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Yves Vogl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <82A87AA2-AE4D-44BB-ACD5-6A84924B67BD@deetune.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <82A87AA2-AE4D-44BB-ACD5-6A84924B67BD@deetune.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, J_CHICKENPOX_83 autolearn=no version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:10:58 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to install FreeBSD remotely from Debian Linux Environment? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:01 -0000 On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 07:11:01PM +0100, Yves Vogl typed: > Hi, > > I tried to install FreeBSD from an existing Debian 4.0 Linux > installation with "Depenguinator 1.1". > Depenguinator failed due to a wide range of incompatibilities caused > by gcc-4.0 and the beta code used in Depenguinator. > Next I built an image under my local Mac OS X 10.5 with QEMU - but the > next step would have been to copy the image via dd to harddisk of the > remote server. > The problem is that Linux doesn't support ufs and the additional ufs- > tools either won't compile because of gcc-4.0, current Linux kernel > etc. . > I don't have the possibility to use KVM-over-Ethernet - but I can ask > a technician to boot from a CD-ROM. The problem here is that the > neither the bootonly.iso or one of the others automatically start SSH > and connect via DHCP? don't they? > > So... is there another way to start a remote installation? Hi Yves, Best way would be to create your own custom bootable cd. This is quite easy. Maybe you can get some ideas from this (now outdated) script I used for this purpose years ago: http://www.bzerk.org/files/mk-livecd good luck, Ruben