Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:22 +0100 From: Julien Gormotte <julien@gormotte.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system. Message-ID: <20091113213822.64205u9aiv1nwpcs@horde.gormotte.info> In-Reply-To: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com> References: <9d972bed0911131228k36f9515ak361d82d766c24749@mail.gmail.com>
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Roger <rnodal@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello all, > > I'm in control of a dedicated server and I would like to re-install FreeBSD. > I found the following guide: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/remote-install/ > which seems to cover pretty much all should need but it assumes that > I have some other OS (linux) installed, since I have FreeBSD 7.2-p4 I wonder > if maybe there is an easier way. > > The reason for wanting to re-install is because I only have on big > slice that covers the > entire harddrive and I don't want that. Primarily I would like to have > /usr/local > in a separate slice. > > Any input, advice, tips etc would be very welcomed. > (trying to be prepared before attempting anything) > > Thank you, > -r > _______________________________________________ > 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" > AFAIK, it's not possible to install a BSD system from a linux system. I searched some time, and it does not seem to be possible. Finally, I used mfsBSD to install. I booted on a rescue disk (Linux), then, I did : dd if=mfsBSD.img | ssh remotehost dd of=/dev/sda Then, a reboot, and I accessed the system via ssh. Julien Gormotte ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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