Autoinstall

[Roland Smith]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 11:20:24PM +0530, Subhro wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> I am trying to create a custom install CD for a few systems which are exact
> clones of each other. I am trying to make the CD such that whenever the
> systems are booted off the CDs, it would be auto partitioned and all the
> predefined packages would be installed without any user intervention. Anyone
> can help me by sending me pointers or procedure about how to create it?

Note that I haven't tried it myself, but the FreeBSD installation
utility, sysinstall can be scripted. See sysinstall(8). There is also a
manual page about how releases are built. See releases(7).

Roland
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[Christian Hiris]

On Saturday 26 February 2005 19:04:19, Roland Smith wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 11:20:24PM +0530, Subhro wrote:

> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > I am trying to create a custom install CD for a few systems which are
> > exact clones of each other. I am trying to make the CD such that whenever
> > the systems are booted off the CDs, it would be auto partitioned and all
> > the predefined packages would be installed without any user intervention.
> > Anyone can help me by sending me pointers or procedure about how to
> > create it?

>
> Note that I haven't tried it myself, but the FreeBSD installation
> utility, sysinstall can be scripted. See sysinstall(8). There is also a
> manual page about how releases are built. See releases(7).

There exists a sample script on our cvs servers:
[url]http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/release/sysinstall/Attic/install.cfg?rev=1.9.2.2[/url]
Altough it's listed in the Attic, I think it will still work.

Cheers,
ch

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