Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:01:10 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Julien Gormotte <julien@gormotte.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system. Message-ID: <6201873e0911131301w3870244cr255435916364aab8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091113213822.64205u9aiv1nwpcs@horde.gormotte.info> References: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> <20091113213822.64205u9aiv1nwpcs@horde.gormotte.info>
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> > 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) >> >> > 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. > Actually is qasi possible http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-01-29-depenguinator-2.0.html But the OP question isn't resolved by that. -- Adam Vande More
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