From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 07:01:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E4516A401 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:01:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anujhere@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7539713C44B for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:01:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anujhere@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so1001427ugh for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:01:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=bkEtlv0ZcWx/C6HsxoxgHGOPpv3JypPKyjzdFJ8yPZBVFF0QlliwTUP3f/Fc9f+f8PmeW7W39CkQFC/sb3CkrOuAH/lb2WRwaOR1J72Hm/cT01BpU2P3NxsmRCXiYyp4fu9OZtSjaAPyRzX1rpvQkOuXClMYYr0ppBu5TgLgWq4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=g4/6MjWeNJ/4DSStX6JD1aP0fZ2GPvNDbU55CoawJ0tD1fxY6OVLvqkMrZOhrCnv+JOGCikR0OkTPeP4R1JAhEBX56Ss9uQkSr69m+R0l2BA9NOEGfBiTqPJORVm67af15MQpJfkNECf2dHYuWKoyLMXj42WRcZFGT4dfFqO1Kg= Received: by 10.82.100.1 with SMTP id x1mr11329715bub.1177916467282; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.149.6 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3120c9e30704300001q1adc28d7u720585dd92832c9e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:01:07 -0700 From: "Anuj Singh" To: "Garrett Cooper" In-Reply-To: <46353AA4.70800@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1177814816.5974.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <58246490.20070429233716@rrv.ru> <1177837300.4401.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <46353AA4.70800@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Reshmakov Roman Subject: Re: freebsd installation server (nfs/ftp/http) local network 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, 30 Apr 2007 07:01:09 -0000 Hiee, it is not on a public network, all i am trying to know how to do it, I do the same method for installing linux os, I exported FreeBSD6.2 ISO images via nfs. it didn't worked. Do I need to extract the files? to install freebsd via nfs, or ftp or http over a local network. regards anugunj anuj On 4/29/07, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > anujgunj anuj singh wrote: > > Hiee, > > I have ISO images on network pc, I want to perform a network > > installation using nfs OR ftp OR http. > > Plus what is the best way of installation (package selection) to not to > > switch cd's between 2 cd's. > > regards > > anugunj anuj > > > > On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 23:37 +0400, Reshmakov Roman wrote: > >>> Hiee, > >>> I need to create a nfs/ftp/http installation server threw which I can > >>> install FreeBSD on other local machines. I have ISO images of > >>> FreeBSD6.2. > >>> How to create any or all nfs/ftp/http installation server. I went > threw > >>> man pages it shows me CDROM sharing network installation. I want to > >>> install with ISO images on hard-disk. > >>> Thanks and regards > >>> anugunj anuj > >> Use dump/restore and Fix-it from installation CD-ROM. I use this > >> method and install new server over 20-30 min. > > All will equally serve the purpose of helping you install the files on > your target machine. NFS is the least computing intensive option though > and doesn't require additional components to be installed in order to > use an NFS server. I would suggest not using this though if concerned > about security issues, i.e. your machine is running on a > unsecured/public network. > > -Garrett >