From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 01:44:17 2011 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 142FE106564A for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D00118FC13 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnq2 with SMTP id q2so5215803ggn.13 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:44:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=MZ9/xFXw0ICEPCEW8T+E3aru8oL5IzbNfe5gvHHl01Y=; b=U+nwiJ5ptEYXgI6tu1sG0cHGM7/Y2oG3/FgP/0eGatsYpj4N4fr+lw3irfepTuIDov n60amDzskY3xZN02FtQZof7Ln4kvrA57RP6FRpaw6ONDOmLEbxniMbkQXTxXNGVeXut6 X2M9DHwVW3t+iKLzv5dORfd0nk4VdhZm5gb6o= Received: by 10.182.152.66 with SMTP id uw2mr2815865obb.17.1319419142361; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:19:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.28.227 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:18:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Eir Nym Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:18:41 +0400 Message-ID: To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE 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: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:44:17 -0000 Hi, I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only Windows 7 x64 desktop without CD drives. 1. I have access to remote FreeBSD server (via SSH) where I can make custom FreeBSD installation in any format. 2. I know how to create TFTP/DHCPD/PXE server to boot loader and kernel. So questions are: 1) Do I able to boot some minimal FreeBSD environment without NFS aka embedded BSD to install fully functional environment? What things should I do to boot up it? How can I use Crunch/MFS_ROOT ?? 2) How can I write it to Flash drive in Windows 7? dd/flashnul/rawrite/rawcopy/etc are not working under this OS: it blocks access to drives even administrative rights. -- Eir Nym