From: tuxillo Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:27:12 +0000 (-0700) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/51850b4fccb8b6cf4dde70459888e143c84f76b5 --- diff --git a/docs/howtos/howto_reinstall_hammer/index.mdwn b/docs/howtos/howto_reinstall_hammer/index.mdwn index 12672622..c0d9fa39 100644 --- a/docs/howtos/howto_reinstall_hammer/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/howtos/howto_reinstall_hammer/index.mdwn @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ You will need a DragonFlyBSD LiveCD in order to perform steps for the new instal Download the ISOs from [here](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/mirrors/). -# Saving the data +# Data backup At this point you should have a place ready to store all the compressed files you are going to generate. -Mine is this: +In our case: smash64# df -h /mnt/pfs Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on @@ -57,8 +57,38 @@ So we can start saving all our data: .... +Make sure the shared storage you have used is available for the LiveCD. + +# New installation process +## Booting LiveCD +Boot the LiveCD in the machine you want to install. +You can run installer in order to do some basic configurations for the LiveCD environment, under option "LiveCD utilities", and then exit again to the shell. + +## Backup data accesibility +Prepare the share where you have the backup data: +# mkdir /root/pfs +# mount 192.168.3.1:/home/data/pfs /root/pfs +# df -h /root/pfs +Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on +192.168.3.1:/home/data/pfs 364G 247G 98G 72% /root/pfs + +## Partition the disk +This part is critical. With this you will lose all the data on the disk you have chosen. + +Initalize the disk and partition it: +# fdisk -BI ad4 + + + + + + + + + + + -# Reinstalling # Restoring the data # Fixing the configuration # Booting