Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 00:18:09 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: doc@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe. Message-ID: <20031201081809.GE75620@elvis.mu.org>
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I have a mini-HOWTO here that possibly be automated. Basically we're going to install FreeBSD over FreeBSD without a floppy, cdrom or pxe. This depends on a loader that's compatible with your kernel so if really weird lockups happen, you might not be compatible. Anyhow, here we go: Download the boot.flp from the release you want to install. Mount it like so: mdconfig -a -t vnode -f boot.flp # should output something like 'md0' mkdir -p /mnt mount /dev/md0 /mnt Copy the yummy bits from the install image to your root: cp /mnt/kernel.gz /ikernel.gz cp /mnt/mfsroot.gz /mfsroot.gz Now reboot and interrupt the loader when it counts down the boot. Then type these commands into the loader: unload kernel load /ikernel load -t mfs_root /mfsroot set vfs.root.mountfrom boot Now cross your fingers once you wipe the partitions out to reinstall... It would be cool if this could be automated[1], perhaps by setting the boot partition to the swap partition and setting it up temporarily as a ufs filesystem and then... oh... well... [1] http://www.jerkcity.com/jerkcity1426.html -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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