Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing a system from a already installed one Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061415590.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980805220108.15484B-100000@outpost.nada.org>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote: > Hi! > > I would like to kno if anyone have ideas of a way to do a new install from > a already installed system to a new PC. > I don't want to do any downloads. > This is a connect-free procedure. > Let's say I move my HD to a new pc and I want to install FreeBSD to > another drive. > > How? Is the /usr/src tree enough??? Eesh, ugly. If you want to bootstrap off another hard disk, copy the FreeBSD distribution files (bin, doc, etc...) to a directory on that disk and tell the boot floppy to copy the files off of a UNIX filesystem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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