Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 16:44:08 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: "Christian Zachariasen" <chrizach@gmail.com> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= <kyrreny@broadpark.no>, FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH? Message-ID: <5635aa0d0805250244u7fe611e4r9480889f832ac7a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4a89d1190805250231u1a0277dsbecc156861f8e218@mail.gmail.com> References: <fc109495dc3.4839348d@broadpark.no> <4a89d1190805250231u1a0277dsbecc156861f8e218@mail.gmail.com>
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In theory yes you can its been done before, ill see if i can find the url and the code for it i think it was mfsbsd ?? On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Christian Zachariasen <chrizach@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, "Kyrre Nyg=E5rd" <kyrreny@broadpark.no> > 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 > make > > 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 > the > software you're not using, and reclaim disk space that way. Also make sur= e > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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