[nycbug-talk] FreeBSD completely headless install?

[George R.]

On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Jay Savage wrote:

> This may have been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything.
>
> I need to install FreeBSD 6. The computer I have available is
> currently running as a headless server (OBSD 3.6) and the monitor,
> keyboard, and anything else useful are instorage due to a recent move.
> I don't even have a null modem cable at the moment, which might
> simplify matters.
>
> My ideal here would be a live cd, or even floppy that booted with some
> generic drivers, grabbed an ip from dhcp, and started sshd from a
> known port with a known password so that I could start sysinstall from
> the command line. It's seems intuitive enough, but I haven't been able
> to find anything like it.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion?


I may be wrong, but I believe that FreeSBIE would do this. . . maybe  
depending on your nic.

g