Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:18:19 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote System Builds Message-ID: <4F70C0FB.1060208@passap.ru> In-Reply-To: <201203261820.q2QIKaFt008532@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201203261820.q2QIKaFt008532@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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26.03.2012 22:20, Martin McCormick пишет: > Is there yet any way to remotely rebuild a FreeBSD > system? I have two FreeBSD systems on two remote campuses that > presently run FreeBSD6.3. They need to be running FreeBSD9.0 and > I don't really care how I get there as long as it can be done > over the network. If we were physically there, I would put a > CDROM in and blow them away since it is such a large jump. I used an USB stick with full system, sources (/usr/src) and compiled binary (/usr/obj). Since the system is booted from USB, I have full control via ssh session. > I can have staff members there install CDROM's that were > remastered to use the serial console, but I am hoping that maybe > we are moving past this sort of logistics. > > I just tried to unpack the 9.0 image using tar which has > worked in the past to let one modify loader.conf but I got a > bunch of errors this time about files that couldn't be created > so maybe this is not the recommended headless installation > technique any longer. > > Any ideas? HTH -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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