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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:38:28 -0800
From:      lists <lists@lists.grot.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing onto a new drive from a running system
Message-ID:  <20010222153828.A70988@mighty.grot.org>
In-Reply-To: <14997.41233.433901.457458@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:30:25PM -0600
References:  <20010222152655.A70899@mighty.grot.org> <14997.41233.433901.457458@guru.mired.org>

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On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:30:25PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> lists <lists@lists.grot.org> types:
> > Is there a way to put a fresh FreeBSD installation onto a second harddrive in
> > a running system that doesn't involve booting from floppies or CD or using yet
> > another drive and dd?  If I've missed the documentation that specifies this
> > procedure, I would appreciate a pointer.
> 
> I don't know if it's documented anywhere, but you can build a system
> from sources and have the results installed in an arbitrary directory.

So would that install everything? that is, all I should have to do is newfs
and install boot blocks before a make installworld to something like /mnt?

Adi

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