Can I Reinstall FreeBSD Over SSH?

[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 <chrizach at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM, "Kyrre Nygård" <kyrreny at broadpark.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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> 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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