From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 13:34:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47A621065673 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f216.google.com (mail-fx0-f216.google.com [209.85.220.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3C78FC13 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so291198fxm.43 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=1q9FJYA96AK+xf9Z65BKaHj3rNJ7jp05WrhDcDHk6nU=; b=M0rhqIfnmoMgYrsDd9/CEEEGaWiJJcZFBCd4h5ZxLrQeavC5+DaYDjNWg1k/aKOM7c pY9wTwYFBff6gcZVqUng9MOWFm0o+Qn6swVcTP/GlRIQ0X0ruLTtvkIcOkuBagKTDVKF v1rpBEvCei/hu8G/f1e9qdMNeBsMxKM0ZTjHA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=JcswIo4YLQ2nzxIxxGuizf+o3CHP6dfFw80rCPyFuXiHyyEpl6P1a4kJPOBqruu8NV MGZ63Wf6w5T5TuuWXXzyuotEWki8viw6O5kAXwSBiPJJZOVR/Mmit/XUvF3EVdl/srzp FkqdXWFNjR3Emj3xWiU5cEqZp9Kz3KIyAo62I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.110.3 with SMTP id l3mr2322060fap.48.1245418494876; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:34:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <848911.46873.qm@web23902.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:54 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400906190634i1b4ce362g9db692c4d11d8f08@mail.gmail.com> From: =?UTF-8?B?T2RoaWFtYm8gIOODr+OCt+ODs+ODiOODsw==?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: freebsd mass deployment 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: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:56 -0000 On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and >> unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a >> great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something >> similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. >> > simply install on one, tar it up and untar on each other, using PXE just to > boot anything. Wojciech, That is true, yes, but you have not answered the OPs question. There are others interested in the answer, especially because he's mentioned his familiarity with FAI. I'd like to think that he already knows about dump/restore. He just wants an "automated, unattended" solution for FreeBSD. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube