From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 9 15:41:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h014.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.221]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAE8C37B401 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:40:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 28780 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2001 15:40:52 -0800 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.221) with SMTP; 9 Jan 2001 15:40:52 -0800 X-Sent: 9 Jan 2001 23:40:52 GMT From: "Otter" To: "Per Tore Larsen" , "'Andrew ARENSBurger'" Cc: , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: SV: Mass install automation Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 18:46:01 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F83A@fernonorden.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you're using Intel NICs which support PXE, check out http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/ -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Per }Tore Larsen }Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:16 PM }To: 'Andrew ARENSBurger' }Cc: 'jheath@istrength.net'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' }Subject: SV: SV: Mass install automation } } }True, true. } }This can be bypassed by a simple setup thingy on MS but }yes with FreeBSD this would be not as easy. } }You could experiment with some kind of distribution server }for these files that need user intervention for correct }configuration of ip etc. } }Probably an easier solution out there. } }I stand corrected.. :) } }PeTe } }> -----Opprinnelig melding----- }> Fra: Andrew ARENSBurger [mailto:arensb@cfar.umd.edu] }> Sendt: 9. januar 2001 19:51 }> Til: Per Tore Larsen }> Kopi: 'jheath@istrength.net'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' }> Emne: Re: SV: Mass install automation }> }> }> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Per Tore Larsen wrote: }> > Using Norton Ghost to make an image of the harddrive }> > on an installed reference Freebsd box. }> > Then setup an Ghost server on an Windows machine. }> > Create boot disk. }> > The install should take it from there. }> }> The main issue I can think of with this is that since Ghost is }> OS-independent, that means that it can't deal with }OS-specific stuff. }> If you set up a machine the way you want, then use }Ghost to make }> 50-100 copies of it, they'll all be absolutely identical: if }> you set the }> hostname in /etc/rc.conf, the'll all have the same hostname etc. }> I think you can get away with this if you use DHCP. Otherwise, }> you'll need to run a post-install script on each machine }to install an }> appropriate /etc/rc.conf and make any other customization. }> }> /AA/ }> }> }> }> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message }> } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message