From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 22:11:13 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 B330F16A41C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 22:11:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from gorgo.centroin.com.br (gorgo.centroin.com.br [200.225.63.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D56243D4C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 22:11:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from hypselo.centroin.com.br (hypselo.centroin.com.br [200.225.63.1]) by gorgo.centroin.com.br (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j4OMB8BQ020646; Tue, 24 May 2005 19:11:08 -0300 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:11:08 -0300 (EST) From: Sender: To: Franco Bruno Borghesi In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Ewald Jenisch , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on multiple machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 22:11:13 -0000 Hi Franco, Is LiveCD compatible with FreeBSD 5.x? - Marcelo Souza On Tue, 24 May 2005, Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote: |You could use freebsd livecd (http://livecd.sourceforge.net/) for multiple |installations. I don't know what kickstart is, but livecd lets you build an |installation cd from an existing installation, and replicate it on other |machines. | |24 May 2005 14:25:16 -0400, Lowell Gilbert < |freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>: |> |> Ewald Jenisch writes: |> |> > 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? |> |> 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. |> |> 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. |> |> 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" |> |_______________________________________________ |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" | - Marcelo