Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:29:42 +0400 From: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE Message-ID: <CAO8GK0rgTtK4RRr4cxkPxmOFjbzi1c7LDJ79d64bPUPUtBkhxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C7706182-BFA0-4A69-A7FB-CEAC7BF224CF@gmail.com> References: <CAO8GK0paedqmT0yu%2BkybLCm9Wu_c3BD_85iuU-F%2BG9ESagoVuw@mail.gmail.com> <4EA50F62.3040903@infracaninophile.co.uk> <C7706182-BFA0-4A69-A7FB-CEAC7BF224CF@gmail.com>
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-- Eir Nym On 24 October 2011 13:23, Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> wrote: > > > =E2=9C=AA > > On 24 Oct 2011, at 11:10, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk= > wrote: > >> On 24/10/2011 02:18, Eir Nym wrote: >>> 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 ?? >> >> You should be able to PXE boot FreeBSD and then mount a copy of one of >> the install DVDs by NFS from where you can run the system installer. >> That is, you mount the root filesystem via NFS while you're running the >> installer. >> > > There's simple tftp server for Windows with dhcpd features. But NFS serve= r becomes available only in Windows 2008 platform. > >> In principle this should be enough for you to install FreeBSD locally on >> your second machine. =C2=A0This is quite unusual stuff, and probably not= as >> well tested as more orthodox installation mechanisms. >> >> It might be simpler if you can install from a USB memory stick image. > > I'm looking for USB image I'm looking for USB image writer which works in Windows 7 to write raw image to USB drive >> >>> 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. >> >> If you can boot the install media, then you aren't running Windows 7 any >> more, and the restrictions imposed by that OS simply don't apply. >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cheers, >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Matthew >> >> -- >> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 7 Priory Courtyard >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Flat 3 >> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ramsgate >> JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Kent, CT11 9PW >> >
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