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
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On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, "Kyrre Nygård"
<kyrrenybroadpark.no>
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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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
<chrizachgmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, "Kyrre
Nygård" <kyrrenybroadpark.no>
> 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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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-depe
nguinator-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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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/ar
ticles/remote-install/

-- 
Best regards,
 Daniel                            mailto:dangerFreeBSD.org

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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 <dangerfreebsd.org> 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/ar
ticles/remote-install/
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Daniel                            mailto:dangerFreeBSD.org
>
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