From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 28 16:33:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA93F16A404 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry@herbelot.com) Received: from postfix1-g20.free.fr (postfix1-g20.free.fr [212.27.60.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4008613C49D for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry@herbelot.com) Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (smtp5-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.35]) by postfix1-g20.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8DB688FD0C for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:06:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from herbelot.dyndns.org (bne75-4-82-227-159-103.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.159.103]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C1027BAF for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:06:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from diversion.herbelot.nom (diversion.herbelot.nom [192.168.2.6]) by herbelot.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l0SG6QRs025886; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:06:30 +0100 (CET) From: Thierry Herbelot To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:06:17 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200701281522.l0SFMnZu093332@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200701281522.l0SFMnZu093332@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Warning: Windows can lose your files X-Op-Sys: Le FriBi de la mort qui tue X-Org: TfH&Co X-MailScanner: Found to be clean MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701281706.19382.thierry@herbelot.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0000 Cc: volker@vwsoft.com Subject: Re: installing fbsd from foreign system X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: thierry@herbelot.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:33:20 -0000 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")