Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:01:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Kenta Suzumoto <kentas@hush.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reinstall without reformat Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310132258540.82895@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20131014040742.d03fa5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20131013172430.71AA26018E@smtp.hushmail.com> <20131014040742.d03fa5bd.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2013, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 13:24:30 -0400, Kenta Suzumoto wrote: >> Hi all. Is it possible to install FreeBSD without formatting the disk? > > Yes. The installer supports not formatting existing partitions. > The file system characteristica will be kept, possible content > will overwritten. Note that "superfluous content" will also be > kept, except of course you previously remove everything. sysinstall supported that, but AFAIK bsdinstall does not. >> I have one directory of data that I want to keep. > > You should still make a backup, because "I want to keep" does > imply exactly that in regards of an OS installation. :-) Absolutely. With no backup, only one tiny thing can go wrong and the data is gone.
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