From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 09:30:06 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 E89CA106564A for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:30:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE538FC08 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnq2 with SMTP id q2so5555952ggn.13 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:30:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j5kHGdvQz+J5oKjBrkM8UST2/T38IbQZaymhKg8QFEM=; b=HLeUYA/p+MXbB012y2OYaSmNvzpG+J23yFCbjmBz5ehdSrGuHVeF/febITGWh6k8me HTUQ6lp5DrV3wMjQ4bcXwnI74PmHUlSKdpemXtrInd8eHbD5NvOdoRr1JQCLNLrLD5M0 Lf6JhuItbo5uLD/mW/9MwkTGwpY2Kv7ZWJUZw= Received: by 10.182.41.69 with SMTP id d5mr839160obl.47.1319448603401; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:30:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.28.227 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:29:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4EA50F62.3040903@infracaninophile.co.uk> From: Eir Nym Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:29:42 +0400 Message-ID: To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 09:30:06 -0000 -- Eir Nym On 24 October 2011 13:23, Eir Nym wrote: > > > =E2=9C=AA > > On 24 Oct 2011, at 11:10, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> 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= . >>> >>> 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. >> > > There's simple tftp server for Windows with dhcpd features. But NFS serve= r becomes available only in Windows 2008 platform. > >> In principle this should be enough for you to install FreeBSD locally on >> your second machine. =C2=A0This 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. > > I'm looking for USB image I'm looking for USB image writer which works in Windows 7 to write raw image to USB drive >> >>> 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. >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cheers, >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Matthew >> >> -- >> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 7 Priory Courtyard >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Flat 3 >> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ramsgate >> JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Kent, CT11 9PW >> >