From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 15:15:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F261016A421 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 15:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailing.lists@dvterry.com) Received: from mail.dvterry.com (mail.dvterry.com [64.34.163.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE80613C45B for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 15:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailing.lists@dvterry.com) Received: from [10.24.65.137] (user1.coxfiber.net [216.54.27.211]) by mail.dvterry.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEC483381C8; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:15:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46545A91.3070700@dvterry.com> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:15:29 -0400 From: magikman User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: magikman References: <465453D7.3030107@dvterry.com> In-Reply-To: <465453D7.3030107@dvterry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Net/Force Install 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: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:15:30 -0000 magikman wrote: > Hello, > > The co-host that i use to host my email, web and DNS doesn't > offer the option of using FreeBSD. This isn't really a problem > per-se, but i would *really* rather use FreeBSD as it is what i am > accustomed to and most comfortable using. > > So, off to my question. They offer a "rescuemode" where i can boot > into and have full access to the disks. Do you think it would be > possible to maybe create an image of an existing BSD install with the > same disk makeup, etc. and dd it to the remote disk? Have any of you > ever attempted this before? The procedure that i was planning to use > involved using dd to pipe the image over a netcat connection. > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sorry for the multiple posts. For anyone reading, don't let your 5 year old play with your computer with the email client open.