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Date:      Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:41:06 +0300
From:      "Artis Caune" <artis.caune@gmail.com>
To:        joel@levee-online.org
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: starting sysinstall at boot time
Message-ID:  <9e20d71e0809020341x2627c8f0qa6fc8c58c052167@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1220348951.48bd0c17315aa@imp.online.net>
References:  <1220348951.48bd0c17315aa@imp.online.net>

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On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM,  <joel@levee-online.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Something seems magic in freebsd: I am looking for what does start
> sysinstall at boot time when I boot from the installation CD.
> The only thing related to systinstall is the setting of the init_path variable
> in the loader.rc file but it is in comment thus the loader should finish
> by launchinig init as usual so what does make it launch sysinstall instead?

I think /sbin/init is replaced with sysinstall.


> As you may guess, my goal is to create an customized installation CD in
> order to install a network appliance wich embedds freebsd.

I also use custom install script, and I replace /etc/rc on mfs image.




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regards,
Artis Caune

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