Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Kyrre Nygård
Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I need.

Kyrre

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Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Outback Dingo
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/
>
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Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Daniel Gerzo
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/

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 Danielmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Lothar Braun

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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
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Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Outback Dingo
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
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> (sorry, forgot to send this to the list as well)
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> 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).
>
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Re: Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

2008-05-25 Thread Christian Zachariasen
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
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(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
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