From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 11:37:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C82316A4BF for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:37:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt21.cluster1.charter.net (remt21.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE13743FEA for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:37:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from [66.168.145.25] (HELO moe) by remt21.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 134177768 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:37:09 -0400 From: "Charles Howse" To: Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:36:41 -0500 Message-ID: <001c01c36a7f$7856a140$04fea8c0@moe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: Looking for detailed documentation: Install to existing filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:37:06 -0000 Hi, I've posted this request to 'questions' with no response, so now I'll ask 'hackers'. I'm a hobbyist, and for my personal education, I would like to learn how to install FBSD from an existing filesystem, rather than from FTP or CD. My intention is to copy the files to a directory on the second HDD of my present FBSD system, and point sysinstall to that partition/directory during the install. This would be useful in situations where the Internet or CD's are not available and the system needs to be re-installed. I can't seem to find any "detailed" instructions. The handbook just glosses over it, saying follow the instructions on the screen in sysinstall. I've Googled for days and can only find other people asking the same question and talking about their failures. I need to know: 1) What files do I need to have on the partition from which I will be installing? 2) ftp address and directory where I can find those files. 3) Can FBSD install from the .iso files? 4) A link to a tutorial or howto would really be nice. If none exists, I might consider writing one once I figure out how to do it properly. Please CC reply to me directly, as I am not subscribed to 'hackers'. Thanks, Charles