From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 18:44:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8501065987 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:44:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com) Received: from gate.criticalsoftware.com (gate.criticalsoftware.com [212.13.37.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240958FC1E for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:44:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com) Received: from [192.168.1.195] (pc-fa-vieira.critical.pt [192.168.1.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gate.criticalsoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22473228431; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:44:12 +0000 (WET) Message-ID: <49AC2904.1070309@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:44:20 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <22292723.post@talk.nabble.com> <49AC1BC3.8050107@gmail.com> <22293310.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090302183031.GE56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090302183031.GE56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: new_guy , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ricardo.m.jesus@criticalsoftware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:44:22 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" > One approach could be using an existing install like described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/article.html Or even going the nanoBSD way: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.html But this defeats the OP's originial intent, e.g., ramdisk