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Date:      Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:38:24 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
To:        are.bryne@communique.no
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 'make installworld' on empty machine (was: Making a local FreeBSD distribution?)
Message-ID:  <199808252038.VAA00457@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980825204345.4897B-100000@rune.communique.no> (message from Are Bryne on Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:49:18 %2B0200 (CEST))

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> > > If your machines can NFS mount /usr/src and /usr/obj from the machine 
> > > that's tracking -stable, you can then run 'make installworld' on the
> > > other machines, and not need to bother with needing to roll your own 
> > > release.
> > 
> > Right, I am already doing that.  The problem is with entirely new
> > machines that don't have any OS whatsoever on them. 

>I tried asking for this feature on freebsd-conf (or -config ?) as a part
>of sysinstall a while ago. I received no replies. 

>Isn't this feasible? It would sure be handy and a real time saver.

What's wrong with booting from floppy, partition and label the disks
then switch to the shell on VT4 and do the NFS mounts.

This is what I do for new machines.

Robert Swindells

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