Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:15:17 -0500 From: John Kotrla <jkotrla@angelo.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE Message-ID: <4EA548C5.4060309@angelo.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAO8GK0rgTtK4RRr4cxkPxmOFjbzi1c7LDJ79d64bPUPUtBkhxA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO8GK0paedqmT0yu%2BkybLCm9Wu_c3BD_85iuU-F%2BG9ESagoVuw@mail.gmail.com> <4EA50F62.3040903@infracaninophile.co.uk> <C7706182-BFA0-4A69-A7FB-CEAC7BF224CF@gmail.com> <CAO8GK0rgTtK4RRr4cxkPxmOFjbzi1c7LDJ79d64bPUPUtBkhxA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/24/11 04:29, Eir Nym wrote: > -- Eir Nym > > > > On 24 October 2011 13:23, Eir Nym<eirnym@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> ✪ >> >> 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 server becomes available only in Windows 2008 platform. >> >>> In principle this should be enough for you to install FreeBSD locally on >>> your second machine. This 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 https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer > >>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matthew >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard >>> Flat 3 >>> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate >>> JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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