From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 18:38:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1738816A41C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 18:38:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fborghesi@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B302E43D4C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 18:38:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fborghesi@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 16so1284951nzp for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 11:38:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=r/59ihHcZEnmV9vfj7vnzeUmYmElYN1Gu6syCRU+1om7avsb3rzMxMvNuZS+2DP+keCTnwqnVkMOK4b7iBr78TXqu+CApc95ptCbzRkrUqrKINbQ4ClRudJuuMthhzLwyeWkTUw15zSeGD9ObFpzm6wsgR9DaEwp4q/XAzsLE0Y= Received: by 10.36.120.11 with SMTP id s11mr1857935nzc; Tue, 24 May 2005 11:38:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.105.6 with HTTP; Tue, 24 May 2005 11:38:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:38:57 -0300 From: Franco Bruno Borghesi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44d5rgscqb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <20050524130813.GA5576@aurora.oekb.co.at> <44d5rgscqb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Ewald Jenisch Subject: Re: Installing on multiple machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Franco Bruno Borghesi List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:38:59 -0000 You could use freebsd livecd (http://livecd.sourceforge.net/) for multiple= =20 installations. I don't know what kickstart is, but livecd lets you build an= =20 installation cd from an existing installation, and replicate it on other=20 machines. 24 May 2005 14:25:16 -0400, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>: >=20 > Ewald Jenisch writes: >=20 > > I'd like to install 5.4 on several machines. The hardware is similar, > > but not exactly equal (different size HDs, different amount of > > memory). > > > > Is there any way to install 5.4 on different machines with the same > > options, i.e. same set of packages, same settings (e.g. keyboard) > > etc. without manually going through the installation on every machine? > > > > What I'm thinking of is something similar to the "kickstart" feature > > in Linux. > > > > Is there anything similar under FreeBSD available? >=20 > I'm not much of an expert on FreeBSD installs, and I know even less > about Linux installs, but seeing that no one else has spoken up, I can > at least point you in a few relevant directions. >=20 > First of all, the standard install is scriptable to some extent. The > manual for sysinstall(8) documents this capability. There are some > messages in the archives of this list discussing people doing that. >=20 > Another option is Freesbie, which has recently gained the ability to > install to hard disk. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >