# FreeBSD Jumpstart Guide

### Alfred Perlstein

`<alfred@FreeBSD.org>`

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This article details the method used to allow machines to install FreeBSD using the Intel® PXE method of booting a machine over a network.

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# 1 Introduction

> Warning: This procedure will make the “Server” both insecure and dangerous, it is best to just keep the “Server” on its own hub and not in any way accessible by any machines other than the “Clients”.

Terminology:

Server | The machine offering netboot and install options.
Client | The machine that will have FreeBSD installed on it.

Requires: Clients supporting the Intel PXE netboot option, an Ethernet connection.

Please let me know if you come across anything you have problems with or suggestions for additional documentation.

If you would like someone to train/implement a specific netinstall system for you, please send email so that we can discuss terms.

I would also like to thank Paul Saab `<ps@FreeBSD.org>` and John Baldwin `<jhb@FreeBSD.org>` for doing most of the programming work on pxeboot, the interface to the Intel PXE (netboot) system.

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