Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:48:33 -0400 From: Allen Ziegenfus <aziegenfus@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chroot network install Message-ID: <20030729084833.5ea7266e.aziegenfus@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <16166.26507.378358.621129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20030729081034.257a9b92.aziegenfus@mindspring.com> <16166.26507.378358.621129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Ah good point. Thank you! Allen On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:24:43 -0400 (EDT) Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote: > > Allen Ziegenfus writes: > > 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... > > Maybe if you were running FreeBSD already, but there is no way a linux > kernel will recognize the syscalls made by the FreeBSD installation > binary. > > > Also can I use aboot to boot FreeBSD? > > > > No. > > If you want to install FreeBSD on alpha, you need to give it a disk by > itself. > > Drew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --
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