2009/4/28 n j <nin...@gmail.com>: > I was just wondering if someone could give me a quick advice on how > (or at least confirm it's possible) to start sshd in fixit console > i.e. how to boot FreeBSD off the CD1 (6.4-RELEASE) and enable SSH > access to it. > > I believe booting off a live CD and restoring a backup over network > should be a relatively common recovery scenario, but googling around > produced no usable results other than "get FreeSBIE live cd".
or you can build your own live cd: # BUILDDIR=/home/my_live_cd # mkdir $BUILDDIR # cd /usr/src # make buildworld # make buildkernel # make installworld DESTDIR=$BUILDDIR # make distribution DESTDIR=$BUILDDIR # make installkernel DESTDIR=$BUILDDIR echo '/dev/acd0 / cd9660 ro 0 0' >> $BUILDDIR/etc/fstab echo 'init_script="/etc/rc.my"' >> $BUILDDIR/boot/loader.conf echo "exec /bin/sh" > $BUILDDIR/etc/rc.my # you probably should script /etc/rc.my and # mount rw memory fs over /var, /tmp, and others # add useful packages mount -t devfs devfs $BUILDDIR/dev for pkg in apg-2.3.0b_1 bonnie++-1.93.04 stress-1.0.0; do cp /home/pkgs/${pkg}.tbz $BUILDDIR/ chroot $BUILDDIR pkg_add /${pkg}.tbz rm $BUILDDIR/${pkg}.tbz done umount $BUILDDIR/dev # generate ssh keys chroot $BUILDDIR /etc/rc.d/sshd keygen # mkisofs -quiet -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -r -iso-level 4 -V "my live cd" -o /home/my_live_cd.iso $BUILDDIR # burncd -v -s max data /home/my_live_cd.iso fixate You can even read some new manpages while fixing servers :) -- Artis Caune Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"