Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. Much obliged, Kyrre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
In theory yes you can its been done before, ill see if i can find the url and the code for it i think it was mfsbsd ?? On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Christian Zachariasen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Kyrre Nygård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. Much obliged, Kyrre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sorry, forgot to send this to the list as well) You have a server at an ISP? I'd say you'll need physical access to do an actual reinstall, unless they're using some kind of virtualization and you have access to that. But how is the server getting messy? In most cases you can just remove the software you're not using, and reclaim disk space that way. Also make sure any unneeded services are removed from /etc/rc.conf. To be honest, though - I've never felt the need to reinstall FreeBSD unless I was doing a major update as well (5 - 6 for example). Christian Zachariasen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Kyrre Nygård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. Much obliged, Kyrre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sorry, forgot to send this to the list as well) You have a server at an ISP? I'd say you'll need physical access to do an actual reinstall, unless they're using some kind of virtualization and you have access to that. But how is the server getting messy? In most cases you can just remove the software you're not using, and reclaim disk space that way. Also make sure any unneeded services are removed from /etc/rc.conf. To be honest, though - I've never felt the need to reinstall FreeBSD unless I was doing a major update as well (5 - 6 for example). Christian Zachariasen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Kyrre Nygård wrote: | My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. If you have a spare partition on your system, then you can try the depinguinator: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-01-29-depenguinator-2.0.html The depinguinator helps you to create a FreeBSD install image, that has SSH enabled by default. You can boot into that system and use it as an install medium for your FreeBSD installation. Regards, ~ Lothar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkg5NtEACgkQOlpYSeF9JmZvXgCgh1bROYIDzY6b6vn760nLQUNc cUEAnArHwflIa7//tfX+ce6IZbFYSiWn =NZd3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
Hello Kyrre, Sunday, May 25, 2008, 9:42:37 AM, you wrote: My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. This will probably help you: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/remote-install/ -- Best regards, Danielmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
Yupp thats the one i was referring to also, id go this way to do it remotely On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Daniel Gerzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Kyrre, Sunday, May 25, 2008, 9:42:37 AM, you wrote: My server is getting kinda messy, but my ISP charges too much for a reinstall. Can I do this myself over SSH? Or perhaps there are ways to make ones system as clean as a fresh install? Thanks. This will probably help you: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/remote-install/ -- Best regards, Danielmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?
Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I need. Kyrre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
