From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 13 20:57:07 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 C9BB1106566B for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julien@gormotte.info) Received: from mail.gormotte.info (rei.gormotte.info [95.130.11.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D35F8FC1C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:57:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.0.0.5]) by mail.gormotte.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3306958E for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gormotte.info Received: from mail.gormotte.info ([10.0.0.5]) by localhost (mail.gormotte.info [10.0.0.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id HLI3wjcwpVxd for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www (www [10.0.0.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.gormotte.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0330D9554 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 89-159-23-225.rev.dartybox.com (89-159-23-225.rev.dartybox.com [89.159.23.225]) by horde.gormotte.info (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20091113213822.64205u9aiv1nwpcs@horde.gormotte.info> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:22 +0100 From: Julien Gormotte To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.3) Subject: Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system. 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: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:57:07 -0000 Roger a écrit : > Hello all, > > I'm in control of a dedicated server and I would like to re-install FreeBSD. > I found the following guide: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/remote-install/ > which seems to cover pretty much all should need but it assumes that > I have some other OS (linux) installed, since I have FreeBSD 7.2-p4 I wonder > if maybe there is an easier way. > > The reason for wanting to re-install is because I only have on big > slice that covers the > entire harddrive and I don't want that. Primarily I would like to have > /usr/local > in a separate slice. > > Any input, advice, tips etc would be very welcomed. > (trying to be prepared before attempting anything) > > Thank you, > -r > _______________________________________________ > 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" > AFAIK, it's not possible to install a BSD system from a linux system. I searched some time, and it does not seem to be possible. Finally, I used mfsBSD to install. I booted on a rescue disk (Linux), then, I did : dd if=mfsBSD.img | ssh remotehost dd of=/dev/sda Then, a reboot, and I accessed the system via ssh. Julien Gormotte ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.