From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 10:04:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B58471065670 for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 10:04:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lothar@lobraun.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58CB98FC1A for ; Sun, 25 May 2008 10:04:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lothar@lobraun.de) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (p5B20409E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.32.64.158]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKwpI-1K0Ctg1Yr3-00082q; Sun, 25 May 2008 11:52:12 +0200 Message-ID: <483936D2.1030809@lobraun.de> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:52:18 +0200 From: Lothar Braun User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= , questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/spSvb8emv/qGPmEXfv2PQVqYUaKeRKT5xLHQ MsbIbpY5VItMpqpRQfdAPgACQ8kQgjnIp4HoE4UFAjau1uCsav BLNYbx7z8lQkR0dLxxotomVBHFNOTlJ Cc: 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 10:04:49 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Kyrre Nygård 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. If you have a spare partition on your system, then you can try the depinguinator: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-01-29-depenguinator-2.0.html The depinguinator helps you to create a FreeBSD install image, that has SSH enabled by default. You can boot into that system and use it as an install medium for your FreeBSD installation. Regards, ~ Lothar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkg5NtEACgkQOlpYSeF9JmZvXgCgh1bROYIDzY6b6vn760nLQUNc cUEAnArHwflIa7//tfX+ce6IZbFYSiWn =NZd3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----