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From: Paul Traina <pst@jnx.com>
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Subject: conf/1571: quick install with local "defaults"
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>Number:         1571
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       quick install with local "defaults"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep  5 15:10:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Traina
>Organization:
Juniper Networks
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

>Description:

It would be nice if sysinstall could pull certain defaults out of a
configuration file that was stored in the memory file system.  That
way, one could create custom boot floppies that automagicly installed
systems using locally desired defaults.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
	
An example, I'd like to be able to add a text file to a boot disk that I build
that would allow me to trivially configure the following defaults:

disk partitioning:
		- default to 250mb DOS partition, rest of disk FreeBSD.
disk label:
		- add 30mb to root partition
		- add 64mb to swap partition
		- make usr partition only 70mb (absolute size)
		- add another partition "<whatever1>" at 30mb
		- make rest of disk yet another partition named "<whatever2>"
content:
		- let me specify default distributions in file (e.g. user+des)
media:
		If FTP is selected, make
			"ftp://my.specified.path/pub/FreeBSD/foo/"
		an available option.
media pt 2:
		Default the IP addresses, system name, DNS server, gateway,
		etc to ones I can locally choose (e.g. I always use
		scratch.foo.com at IP address 192.111.107.33 as my install
		machine address).
post-install:
		set timezone and root password non-interactively

The basic idea, is I'd like to be able to give a boot disk to a monkey and
just have him hit <cr> all the time and the right thing occurs.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: