From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 20:22:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F04106567A for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:22:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4188FC1C for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:22:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so656687nfh.33 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:22:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=1Xvp9qExfytqLFqWe87v1kjtP//p8aa/DtMnXOXYwHc=; b=Rq6+GV2tIQ1tG6pSdKrJm9rhQIVDmGBZenf9c6z4Z2VGevJfsoR3QoxNe31DiKxAel 50RXFwTM4YURgSId/WUlpcRhrlwEam+qaQ1QJxGSPvnBWu0Mc4VdYTlp0Ikumvu91XEs yEGIY82sMUCe39MWfHnZfuGn0k7gXpM/sXWuw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=lYi1S3flGVp8oG/hvX9NxlpILvESNy6W83yGvjA+iXjTgSm2CP0pzGtkfIA/vZxM5C rBwQmGKdB1nVZyEPmAB4VhpWk/KW+jkPVjZbPo7q3WK+wl4DcRT9UMI5fXpHxMcDk25f WJaHoj5SVGqYMkeDWzJNrvOpqqOdZ7ETNlF14= Received: by 10.210.89.4 with SMTP id m4mr3585020ebb.25.1228767765530; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:22:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.17.12 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:22:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:22:45 -0700 From: "Tim Judd" To: "Robin Becker" In-Reply-To: <493D246C.80008@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <493D246C.80008@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd from inside another operating system 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: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:22:47 -0000 On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Robin Becker wrote: > I'm just wondering if it is possible to install FreeBSD from inside a > bootstrap operating system such as a knoppix or ubuntu preinstall? > > Reason I'm asking is that my boss is asking about getting another commodity > server using a provider that doesn't offer freebsd. We do get KVM over IP > however, and I assume that really clever people might know how to handle > this sort of thing if they have console access. > -- > Robin Becker > _______________________________________________ > 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" > google://depenguinator http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/remote-install/ I must be honest -- if you're looking to get a FreeBSD server without the provider offering it, and you have problems (such as an upgrade gone wrong) -- how will you recover the system? I don't have the comfortable warm and fuzzy feelings by doing this kind of install. Have fun with it though. --Tim