Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:11:56 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dave McKay <dave@mu.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, Stephen <sdk@yuck.net> Subject: Re: Unattended ? install Message-ID: <200002291211.HAA02342@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20000229011729.A81617@elvis.mu.org>
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On 29-Feb-00 Dave McKay wrote: > Stephen (sdk@yuck.net) wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 01:43:47PM +1100, David Nugent wrote: >> > I know that a fair amount of work has been done in building automated >> > installs for FreeBSD. Is this work currently available only in -current, >> > or does it include 3.X as well (I suspect it does as I first saw it >> > mentioned long ago). >> > >> > More importantly, where can I find documentation to use this? >> > >> >> I wouldn't mind assisting with this effort. I would love to see an >> automated install process similar to Solaris Jumpstart. > > I have heard rumors from a good source that a PXE boot for > FreeBSD is in the making. This can be made to mirror the > solaris jumpstart, or even better improve upon it. I believe > it will be committed in the near future. No rumors, it is in the making. However, there are still some issues with the kernel getting corrupted when it is being loaded, and it seems that booting off a kernel loaded over PXE is akin to Russian Roulette. That is with PXE >= 2.0, with older versions of PXE, we are having even less success. It may be committed after 4.0 though to get it out so that more eyes can see it. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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