From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 07:10:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03528106564A for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C1C8FC16 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:10:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p9O7AXvR058434 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:10:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p9O7AXvR058434 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1319440234; bh=YgbdeKMhJ3pzBct63CtXVlOXygwt5/zZpc8MJnymVmI=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=WWiu9+bQ8WC3dMMS13zZFrYpQxwPPB8WUFn0J/+gGQjSnp1DF9RX56gDnkr/NxK/y g/QSy6EIf/zyu1z5QMW849dw8tlpA6qRvIVEgGZ+fXTXF4r2s3jD6pa7gmhySH8bSY /LGxpjYIX7QT2z6Mfzi3GWEWXt17lhze2O8X+en4= Message-ID: <4EA50F62.3040903@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:10:26 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eir Nym References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0E3E03DC5A5310F659D599AE" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE 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: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:10:38 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0E3E03DC5A5310F659D599AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24/10/2011 02:18, Eir Nym wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only Windows 7 > x64 desktop without CD drives. > 1. I have access to remote FreeBSD server (via SSH) where I can make > custom FreeBSD installation in any format. > 2. I know how to create TFTP/DHCPD/PXE server to boot loader and kernel= =2E >=20 > So questions are: > 1) Do I able to boot some minimal FreeBSD environment without NFS aka > embedded BSD to install fully functional environment? What things > should I do to boot up it? > How can I use Crunch/MFS_ROOT ?? You should be able to PXE boot FreeBSD and then mount a copy of one of the install DVDs by NFS from where you can run the system installer. That is, you mount the root filesystem via NFS while you're running the installer. In principle this should be enough for you to install FreeBSD locally on your second machine. This is quite unusual stuff, and probably not as well tested as more orthodox installation mechanisms. It might be simpler if you can install from a USB memory stick image. > 2) How can I write it to Flash drive in Windows 7? > dd/flashnul/rawrite/rawcopy/etc are not working under this OS: it > blocks access to drives even administrative rights. If you can boot the install media, then you aren't running Windows 7 any more, and the restrictions imposed by that OS simply don't apply. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig0E3E03DC5A5310F659D599AE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6lD2kACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxi6wCfayWsPkcwUdsAbw1Poqptb3TQ KaMAn2V3XDT6xGAtTZRsxYpf2jBje5kC =CcY5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0E3E03DC5A5310F659D599AE--