From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 5 00:43:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0567B61DF for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 00:43:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de (mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de [IPv6:2a01:238:20a:202:5300::6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.smtp.rzone.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 461zX32QYsz43x5 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 00:43:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1564965791; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=adminart.net; h=Message-ID:Date:Subject:To:From:X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From: Subject:Sender; bh=5adxwvebiNInzIvthG3mmjdEXkKuVUpd1tOxw2qsD+c=; b=S3avPCoVr5vUZ2qqo5aCoFUO84nVizDfxxCqkLRo4Eo9wtBndP3iq9fXfxD6UVv7Xo 5vZjvaNeYIccm4OE7MDzXaJJy0oRPb+E/oW0R9FSDBbZHo+zPxWSv4SvD+l2tjxIBmd2 2vpKym6ABYR3r9kDGrZchb1CkFz6MlZGbfv07ZxBADfK6A5PAcQtkZmVoR/RgQ7M/lzS WXKDdQEbFud8LHMwBEdla9iwN5lY4t6Rdn7yvzBmWskFSiLKfE01f5PHEsgY7D5e0RlW 3KUL6lFoCLFDkKnlDGzc9Ku0SejK+a65VH2rUJ96zJGVWDStn4fADXyBbsP9rA9251Wn ycpA== X-RZG-AUTH: ":O2kGeEG7b/pS1FS4THaxjVF9w0vVgfQ9xGcjwO5WMRo5c+h5ceMqQWZ3yrBp+ARdaXvxIDf7nlw=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from himinbjorg.adminart.net by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 44.24 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id e0059dv750hBc8K (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate) for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2019 02:43:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from toy.adminart.net ([192.168.3.55]) by himinbjorg.adminart.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1huR5j-0000vk-54 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:43:11 +0200 Received: from lee by toy.adminart.net with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1huR5i-000272-P9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:43:11 +0200 From: hw To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: how to install into a directory Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 01:22:21 +0200 Organization: my virtual residence Message-ID: <871ry05xea.fsf@toy.adminart.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 461zX32QYsz43x5 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=adminart.net header.s=strato-dkim-0002 header.b=S3avPCoV; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of lee@adminart.net has no SPF policy when checking 2a01:238:20a:202:5300::6) smtp.mailfrom=lee@adminart.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.65 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[adminart.net:s=strato-dkim-0002]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.88)[-0.877,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[adminart.net]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[adminart.net:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.936,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[6.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.5.2.0.2.0.a.0.2.0.8.3.2.0.1.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6724, ipnet:2a01:238::/32, country:DE]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; IP_SCORE(-0.74)[ipnet: 2a01:238::/32(-3.24), asn: 6724(-0.45), country: DE(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:43:16 -0000 Hi, how can I install FreeBSD into a directory as [1] suggests: "Install the base system into ${NFSROOTDIR}, either by decompressing the official archives or by rebuilding the FreeBSD kernel and userland" What archives is this referring to? Could I run the installer to install to a hard drive until I have set up everything the way I need it and then boot from a live-CD to copy everything from the hard drive into ${NFSROOTDIR}? [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-diskless.html