Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:08:57 -0800 From: Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Q: Installing from existing system Message-ID: <20000207210857.A78925@kearneys.ca> In-Reply-To: <389F32AE.65C22E61@math.udel.edu>; from schwenk@math.udel.edu on Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 04:01:34PM -0500 References: <38a41de5.67558611@mail.afnetinc.com> <389F32AE.65C22E61@math.udel.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 04:01:34PM -0500, Peter Schwenk wrote:
> Set up the existing box as an NFS server and share the CD to the other
> box that you want to setup.
>
> Elliot Finley wrote:
>
> > If I have a running 3.4-stable system, is it possible to do a network
> > install from it to a brand new box?
> > --
What if he doesn't have a CD? I guess he could download all of the
installation files from freebsd.org, and install over FTP or NFS.
What would be really slick is if FreeBSD had the ability to install
directly from another machine's source tree, 'making world' onto the
new box, and copying over sufficient other files for a new system.
-Brent
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