FreeBSD Boot Only CD.

[Garrett Cooper]

On Feb 11, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Grant Peel wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have downloaded the 6.2-RELEASE ISO images, (Disk 1, Disk 2, and  
> Boot Only), and was wondering...
>
> If I use the boot only CD to boot up the new server I am getting,  
> can I use it to:
>
> FDisk and Disklabel the new HD (SAS),

Yes.

> ifconfig the NIC,

Yes.

> Setup a network share (as a client),

Depends on what you mean by network share. If by nfs, then in a  
limited sense yes. SMB/CIFS, no.

> Download DUMPS from an other machine,

No.

> RESTORE those dumps,

No.

> the aim here is to clone a previous machine. So what I guess I am  
> asking is, does the boot only machine give us all the working tools  
> as would a copy installed to the local bood HD?
>
> -Grant

Not really. For that you need to create your own custom boot CDs.

-Garrett