Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:14:11 -0400 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Generating ISO With Pre-Installed Packages Message-ID: <CAHzLAVEOD7oXpLGwBv=TLOLE2Fh0e2E7m1pH9kOb3%2BeS_LJScA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADt0fhwD786nGMbC1W812W7Gwu5rr%2BqyH7PSzhxFzsZ_HUVsAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADt0fhwD786nGMbC1W812W7Gwu5rr%2BqyH7PSzhxFzsZ_HUVsAA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey All, > > I'm looking to generate a FreeBSD 9-stable (and maybe 10-current) ISO that > has certain packages pre-installed. I'd like to create my own installation > media that will have certain things installed, like a web management UI > that I'm actively working on. It'd be like what pfSense does. > > I did do a little googling and found pfSense's build documentation for > spinning a custom build of pfSense. I'll be spending the weekend looking > over their work. But in the meantime, does anyone know of the steps > involved in such a process? Is the process documented somewhere? You're looking for package-split.py, a python script that generates packages. The blog post below may be of some use. It explains modifying the script and generating a release. http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2012/10/08/building-freebsd-media-with-custom-packages/ -- Take care Rick Miller
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