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magikman wrote:
> Hello,
>
>      The co-host that i use to host my email, web and DNS doesn't 
> offer the option of using FreeBSD. This isn't really a problem 
> per-se,  but i would *really* rather use FreeBSD as it is what i am 
> accustomed to and most comfortable using.
>
> So, off to my question. They offer a "rescuemode" where i can boot 
> into and have full access to the disks. Do you think it would be 
> possible to maybe create an image of an existing BSD install with the 
> same disk makeup, etc. and dd it to the remote disk? Have any of you 
> ever attempted this before? The procedure that i was planning to use 
> involved using dd to pipe the image over a netcat connection.
>
> Thanks!
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Sorry for the multiple posts. For anyone reading, don't let your 5 year 
old play with your computer with the email client open.