Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:30:31 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: new_guy <byte8bits@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install Message-ID: <20090302183031.GE56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <22293310.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <22292723.post@talk.nabble.com> <49AC1BC3.8050107@gmail.com> <22293310.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:02:25AM -0800, new_guy wrote: > > You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). That is called md (memory disk) in FreeBSD land. > Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, > formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over > ftp. That is what sysinstall is, plus the boot. It is a program that builds the filesystems, sets up the system and loads everything on the disk. The big problem is how to boot and bring it up without any external media. I think some people have done it from network and second Hard drive boots as well as floppy and CD boots. ////jerry > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html > Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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