From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 09:44:11 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 877961065675 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 09:44:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E308FC1B for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 09:44:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so979145tid.3 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:44:08 -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:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=13mNs/aYA0opmlU3PThHDE8UoQv8mFGHGi+aXhLSJDM=; b=BZpMRWxFk+9XWAhofr02t6BYLkn/ssYmNGvkxiemp0QnHRzrTKZ1p3+GIRRiTIeu75GLKmYsstsjZkzXZEIhXY24K/epu1KArB8WrOuZP6+mf3VinpNcHX7pboP6w7I/0mMm89cSeJRZ7EMuEP2Iza/yzvieOs8xAFuru3+uAZc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=bqpsYiIG1SkHf4R7SBJpSZOJoKlAds3vZFKNzDqEKwrjUICUtLIXo10VwDcfhJn+JdV4/g/TcoT0GOW/gHxnmDjI7//32/qK9vl7fs7Fu50/VmPIgpyDwwgl3dJ+7ac9/9rMpUh1N3Lm5YPpjbivjd/lu/mnkrfJy3U3Cyj7OYg= Received: by 10.110.49.6 with SMTP id w6mr444021tiw.6.1211708648254; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.53.11 with HTTP; Sun, 25 May 2008 02:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0805250244u7fe611e4r9480889f832ac7a6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 16:44:08 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" To: "Christian Zachariasen" In-Reply-To: <4a89d1190805250231u1a0277dsbecc156861f8e218@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4a89d1190805250231u1a0277dsbecc156861f8e218@mail.gmail.com> 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: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= , FreeBSD Mailing Lists 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 09:44:11 -0000 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 wrote: > 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 > 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" >