From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 18:37:58 2007 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 3518216A418 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yves.vogl@deetune.com) Received: from ds1.dock42.com (ds1.dock42.com [213.239.220.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0741913C45A for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yves.vogl@deetune.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ds1.dock42.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6221918004 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:11:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from ds1.dock42.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ds1.dock42.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ndfKbl9blRa7 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:11:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (dtmd-d9bfef0b.pool.mediaWays.net [217.191.239.11]) (Authenticated sender: yves.vogl@deetune.com) by ds1.dock42.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B054918002 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:11:02 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <82A87AA2-AE4D-44BB-ACD5-6A84924B67BD@deetune.com> From: Yves Vogl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:11:01 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Subject: How to install FreeBSD remotely from Debian Linux Environment? 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: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:37:58 -0000 Hi, I tried to install FreeBSD from an existing Debian 4.0 Linux =20 installation with "Depenguinator 1.1". Depenguinator failed due to a wide range of incompatibilities caused =20 by gcc-4.0 and the beta code used in Depenguinator. Next I built an image under my local Mac OS X 10.5 with QEMU - but the =20= next step would have been to copy the image via dd to harddisk of the =20= remote server. The problem is that Linux doesn't support ufs and the additional ufs-=20 tools either won't compile because of gcc-4.0, current Linux kernel =20 etc. . I don't have the possibility to use KVM-over-Ethernet - but I can ask =20= a technician to boot from a CD-ROM. The problem here is that the =20 neither the bootonly.iso or one of the others automatically start SSH =20= and connect via DHCP=85 don't they? So... is there another way to start a remote installation? Best Regards, Yves=