From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 09:31:41 2008 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 CE0831065671 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 09:31:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrizach@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DE08FC1E for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 09:31:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrizach@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1730006rvf.43 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:31:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=91+JQwvXu3a2ghcldoTqD53Yj+bqv+bGU2jp9V9dPu4=; b=pQMBY8mcO9RZNHPnUYdoS2OiLTC3ay73A7bx3owxXmA7Wrw/OM9amqErhfQtgapYdlXE3jwzNZl74NiAKJwpID88tgrHXcEuJF+ERH0hviEGagZXaslVdMnxFwse7svQ/tVpaEjrDm1hyyv6svnGoCumy7fFxND17nKW7vW+uMU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=v5fkpkDSbCHLVDGFI42OmwslZzH/kqTKgDw7URz6p/jhmlVxU5hpiLpDWQ5qFGcNPiXXldYK+z/AUavQN/unie4iOiZl67K6TYJ6X3K4cr9Wf2z4UTw9tRXvyUM0k2XPdaWTsr22UHvYFKjmj2zYKtOjfxLPvYjlTR1xn78Zi20= Received: by 10.141.43.5 with SMTP id v5mr1583139rvj.216.1211707901419; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.142.18 with HTTP; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:31:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4a89d1190805250231u1a0277dsbecc156861f8e218@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:31:41 +0200 From: "Christian Zachariasen" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?=" , "FreeBSD Mailing Lists" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH? 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: Sun, 25 May 2008 09:31:41 -0000 On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, "Kyrre Nyg=E5rd" wrote: > My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a > reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to ma= ke > ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. > > Much obliged, > Kyrre > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > (sorry, forgot to send this to the list as well) You have a server at an ISP? I'd say you'll need physical access to do an actual reinstall, unless they're using some kind of virtualization and you have access to that. But how is the server getting "messy"? In most cases you can just remove th= e software you're not using, and reclaim disk space that way. Also make sure any unneeded services are removed from /etc/rc.conf. To be honest, though - I've never felt the need to reinstall FreeBSD unless I was doing a major update as well (5 -> 6 for example). Christian Zachariasen