Re: Mass producing installs?
Yep - I've done it for FTP installs. sysinstall(8) prompts you for the floppy, so it presumably deals with the absence of its own media. - Original Message - From: "stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mass producing installs? > On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:51:58AM +0930, Rob wrote: > > And if this seems a little ambitious (DHCP, TFTP, PXE, NFS etc), you can > > just copy the install.cfg file to a floppy, boot from the install > > CD-ROM, and select 'Load config file' from the main menu. It's not > > completely automated, but it certainly is simple. > > > > Thanks. > > Will this work on a floppy install (which is what I use) also? > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
I am not entirly sure about this, but i think you can avoid the issue with dd of having the same harddisk sizes by copying partitions rather than disks, since thoes can easily be made the same size. also if i am not mistaken fdisk can be scripted to make the pratitions - Original Message - From: "stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "P. U. Kruppa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Free BSD Questions list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Mass producing installs? > On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:20:41AM +0200, P. U. Kruppa wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, stan wrote: > > > > > I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens > > > will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. > > > > > > I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. > > > > > > Bott from install disks > > > install minimum set > > > install cvsup > > > cvsup > > > make world > > > install varios ports > > > install local custom software. > > > > > > This atkes about a day. > > > > > > There must be a better way to do this. > > > > > > What have others been doing? > > Perhaps take out the harddisk and copy it with dd or tar or pax ? > > Mmm, dd will only work if the disks are teh same size. Tar won't handle > biit blocks et all (not to metniton having to create partitons etc by > hand). > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:20:41AM +0200, P. U. Kruppa wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, stan wrote: > > > I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens > > will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. > > > > I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. > > > > Bott from install disks > > install minimum set > > install cvsup > > cvsup > > make world > > install varios ports > > install local custom software. > > > > This atkes about a day. > > > > There must be a better way to do this. > > > > What have others been doing? > Perhaps take out the harddisk and copy it with dd or tar or pax ? Mmm, dd will only work if the disks are teh same size. Tar won't handle biit blocks et all (not to metniton having to create partitons etc by hand). -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:51:58AM +0930, Rob wrote: > And if this seems a little ambitious (DHCP, TFTP, PXE, NFS etc), you can > just copy the install.cfg file to a floppy, boot from the install > CD-ROM, and select 'Load config file' from the main menu. It's not > completely automated, but it certainly is simple. > Thanks. Will this work on a floppy install (which is what I use) also? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
And if this seems a little ambitious (DHCP, TFTP, PXE, NFS etc), you can just copy the install.cfg file to a floppy, boot from the install CD-ROM, and select 'Load config file' from the main menu. It's not completely automated, but it certainly is simple. See sysinstall(8) for more info. - Original Message - From: "Michael C. Cambria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mass producing installs? > stan wrote: > > > > I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens > > will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. > > > > I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. > > [deleted] > > > There must be a better way to do this. > > > > What have others been doing? > > > IIRC, setting up an /install.cfg file can be used. See the bottom of > this link for an example of how the author did it, sample install.cfg > file etc. > > http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml > > Good Luck. > > MikeC > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, stan wrote: > I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens > will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. > > I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. > > Bott from install disks > install minimum set > install cvsup > cvsup > make world > install varios ports > install local custom software. > > This atkes about a day. > > There must be a better way to do this. > > What have others been doing? Perhaps take out the harddisk and copy it with dd or tar or pax ? Regards, Uli. > > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > +---+ |Peter Ulrich Kruppa| | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +---+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mass producing installs?
stan wrote: > > I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens > will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. > > I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. [deleted] > There must be a better way to do this. > > What have others been doing? IIRC, setting up an /install.cfg file can be used. See the bottom of this link for an example of how the author did it, sample install.cfg file etc. http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml Good Luck. MikeC ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Mass producing installs?
I've got about a dozeen machines I need to build with STABLE. The machiens will be alike except fo things like name and IP address. I've been building these thigns one at a time doing the following. Bott from install disks install minimum set install cvsup cvsup make world install varios ports install local custom software. This atkes about a day. There must be a better way to do this. What have others been doing? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
