Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:28:32 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Ross <westr@connection.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automated sysinstall install.cfg Message-ID: <AANLkTinmpSlRIBrZqlNvokRXz377mHd8a0f9nnuKsvwi@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <72157033.20100702104857@connection.ca> References: <4C2CB4CC.4090208@serverman.de> <72157033.20100702104857@connection.ca>
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On 2 July 2010 15:48, Ross <westr@connection.ca> wrote: > TT> is there a person who can help me to solve some problems with > TT> sysinstall and its install.cfg. > > TT> How can i manage that my mfsroot executes custom commands ? > > Before the "installCommit" command you generally only have access to > statically compiled commands (generally in the /stand directory) from > the mfsroot image used. > > -= example lines in install.cfg > # Sleep for 15 seconds to stabilize things. > command=/stand/sleep 15 > system > -= > > After the "installCommit" command, a chroot will have occurred to the > installation mount point, and you must then use your installed binaries > to do work. Specify full paths for everything and note that there are > other oddities since not all things are online/configured, so try and > keep it as simple as possible. > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Alternatively you could look at the pc-bsd installer. It will do advanced setups very easily, most of which are not possible with sysinstall (geom stuff, zfs etc). It will install standard freebsd, from a variety of formats. With a little tinkering you should be able to detach the installer program from the standard pcbsd image and use your own custom live os on a usb stick. You would then have a lot of power.
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