From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 16:46:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F2A16A41F for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754B643D55 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 640675142C; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:46:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:46:57 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Andrew P." Message-ID: <20050616164657.GB60548@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD 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, 16 Jun 2005 16:46:59 -0000 --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 06:48:38PM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I've been using FreeBSD for a while - and I prefer it to all other > server OS'es, but incidentally I have Fedora Core 3 installed on one > of the servers I manage. I consulted all interested parties and they > have nothing against migrating it to FreeBSD. I've got physical access > to the box, but I'd would like it very much to make a headless > upgrade. >=20 > It's a single-Opteron box with around 130Gb on a 200Gb SATA hard > drive, the internet bandwidth is about 20Mbit/s. In fact, I've already > tried to run FreeBSD-5.3 on this very box - without any problem. There > is no DHCP/DNS on the network it's connected to, so static > preconfigured IP-address is a must, as well as a pre-configured BIND > (or at least resolv.conf with one of my external DNS-servers). >=20 > I'm thinking about creating a large hard-drive image (with FreeBSD) > and somehow writing it on the hard-drive with an in-memory dd-like > tool. Can anybody suggest a better way? Maybe I could even save some > data without backing it all up on another server? That could work - you should test it first on a headful machine with as close to identical hardware configuration as you can get it. Another way would be to set up a NFS boot image and boot with PXE. Both of these approaches probably require some intimacy with FreeBSD, so if you're not quite at that level then you might cause yourself less pain by just adding a console (VGA or serial) to the machine during the installation process. Kris --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCsa0AWry0BWjoQKURAupJAKCv0jE53bGroEngDST64It1kssE2ACgtPzv QRTcqnaOiH/pW4Jbg9HVghE= =dpZO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t--