From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 05:11:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5ED637B401 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 05:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A8AE43F3F for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 05:11:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aziegenfus@mindspring.com) Received: from dialup-67.74.229.42.dial1.baltimore1.level3.net ([67.74.229.42] helo=opus.arz.com) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19hTJk-0002hZ-00 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:11:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:10:34 -0400 From: Allen Ziegenfus To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030729081034.257a9b92.aziegenfus@mindspring.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0 (GTK+ 1.2.9; alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Chroot network install X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:11:03 -0000 Hello, Is it possible to do a chroot install for Freebsd, instead of using boot floppies/cdrom? I have Red Hat 7.1 on my Alpha, and I'd like to upgrade to something else. For debian or gentoo linux, for example, you can download a base system, install it to a partition, chroot to it and then go through a sequence of steps to install the rest, without having to shutdown your existing OS. I couldn't find anything on this in the install manual... Also can I use aboot to boot FreeBSD? Thanks, Allen --