PC-BSD Installation

ID #1177

Install PC-BSD iso from existing hard drive

You can install PC-BSD from an existing FreeBSD or PC-BSD installation.

These are the basic instructions, assuming you have already created a new UFS filesystems and mounted them on /pcbsd

Code:
# mkdir /mnt/md0 /mnt/md1

# mdconfig -at vnode -f downloaded_iso_file_name.iso

# mount_cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/md0

# mdconfig -a -f /mnt/md0/uzip/usr.uzip

# mount -o ro /dev/md1.uzip /mnt/md1

# cp -r /mnt/md1/* /pcbsd

# tar xpf /mnt/md0/PCBSD.tbz -C /pcbsd

# umount /mnt/md0 /mnt/md1

# mdconfig -du0

# mdconfig -du1

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Last update: 2007-09-29 22:46
Author: Gerard van Essen
Revision: 1.0

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