Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:44:20 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: new_guy <byte8bits@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install Message-ID: <49AC2904.1070309@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090302183031.GE56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <22292723.post@talk.nabble.com> <49AC1BC3.8050107@gmail.com> <22293310.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090302183031.GE56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:02:25AM -0800, new_guy wrote: > >> You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). > > That is called md (memory disk) in FreeBSD land. > >> Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, >> formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over >> ftp. > > That is what sysinstall is, plus the boot. It is a program that > builds the filesystems, sets up the system and loads everything on > the disk. The big problem is how to boot and bring it up without > any external media. I think some people have done it from network > and second Hard drive boots as well as floppy and CD boots. > > ////jerry > >> -- >> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html >> Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > One approach could be using an existing install like described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/article.html Or even going the nanoBSD way: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.html But this defeats the OP's originial intent, e.g., ramdisk
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