From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 8 17:20:28 2002 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 B572F37B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 17:20:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F41F943E3B for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 17:20:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: from pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.107]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5A00KNJBJD04@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 18:16:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml4so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.148]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5A009R9BJDI5@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 18:16:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from lulu.bad.dog (h24-82-238-48.wp.shawcable.net [24.82.238.48]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H5A00MAJBJD87@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 18:16:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from lulu.bad.dog (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lulu.bad.dog (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA91GVQa036016; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 19:16:31 -0600 (CST envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: (from robin@localhost) by lulu.bad.dog (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA91GV6W036015; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 19:16:31 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 19:16:31 -0600 From: Robin Damm Subject: Re: Remote Installation from Sources In-reply-to: <000201c28760$2fbcaea0$6ef9a8c0@aoldsl.net> To: Daniel Geske Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Geske , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20021109011631.GA35703@lulu.bad.dog> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i References: <000201c28760$2fbcaea0$6ef9a8c0@aoldsl.net> X-Authentication-warning: lulu.bad.dog: robin set sender to robin@damm.ca using -f Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:51:04PM +0100, Daniel Geske wrote: > So I have this other pc, with a 5gig hd of free space. That's where I'd > like to install. I just don't want to install from the www (through my > isdn line) neither do I want to get CDs. Instead, I'd like to install > from that host FreeBSD already runs on. It cvsups src-all and ports-all > regularly. Distfiles are kept too. With all the data already downloaded > onto this computer, I'd like to install from there. > Here's the question: How do I do it? I have not yet performed this type of install myself but here are a few pointers to get you started. man 7 release http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-build.html > I suppose I'd have to get a boot floppy for that new host, prepare the > hd, ...and then? I figure I'd have to run something like makeworld. > How do I build a system with sources on host A, from host B, for host B? > Can this be done? Where can I find info on this? Has anyone had > experience with such procedure? Am I on the wrong way and need more than > just the sources? I'm assuming it is as simple as booting from floppies then selecting ftp/nfs as your media type and pointing it to the build produced by "make release". For the record I currently install a new machine by booting from floppies and doing a minimal install from a local ftp copy of a cd-rom as detailed in the handbook. Then I mount /usr/src, /usr/obj via nfs from a build box and run "make installworld" from the new machine. I just might try a release install over the weekend... thanks for tweeking my interest :) -- Robin Damm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message