Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:06:17 +0100 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: volker@vwsoft.com Subject: Re: installing fbsd from foreign system Message-ID: <200701281706.19382.thierry@herbelot.com> In-Reply-To: <200701281522.l0SFMnZu093332@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200701281522.l0SFMnZu093332@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Le Sunday 28 January 2007 16:22, Oliver Fromme a écrit : > Another possibility is to prepare a boot image, i.e. a file > containing boot sector and a UFS root partition with > wverything needed for bootstrapping (/boot/loader etc., > kernel, base system). It doesn't have to cover the whole > disk, it should be just large enough for a base system and > some support software. It should contain a script which > configures the rest of the disk when it's booted (e.g. > set up remaining disk space, fetch packages from the net, > whatever). > > >From within your Linux deployment process, simply copy > > the image to the beginning of the hard disk, then reboot. > Oone good *starting point* is the depenguinator (http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/), which I used some time ago. There are rough edges, but at least, it gives a way to convert a PC running some version of Linux to FreeBSD. (in my experience, I had to resort to manual tweakings to get the final BSD to run). TfH -- Internet users, on the other hand, are perhaps not dealt with harshly enough; ultimately, the only way to secure the Internet is to ensure that these users secure their systems. Harvard Law Review, june06 ("immunizing the internet")
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