From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 17:51:27 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 AE8F5106564A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682CB8FC15 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n1RHmd3Q044101; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:48:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n1RHmdKt044100; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:48:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:48:39 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Peter Steele Message-ID: <20090227174839.GA44084@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <23337311.401235756340065.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <325452.421235756630247.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <325452.421235756630247.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can sysinstall be run interactively to install onto a second drive? 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, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:28 -0000 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:43:54AM -0800, Peter Steele wrote: > Can I run sysinstall on a live system, booted say from ad0 and use it to install a new OS onto a second drive, say ad1? I'm trying to do something like this: > > sysinstall configFile=install.cfg loadConfig > > where I have the target drive identified in the sysinstall script, but it doesn't seem to like what I'm trying to do. > > Basically what I need to do is given a FreeBSD distribution, I want an automated procedure I can run on a system to build a new system with a specific set of packages and other customizations we need. We have this setup now using a PXE boot server, but I'd like something I can run interactively that doesn't require a boot server. > If I understand you, I think the answer is yes. You can certainly start sysinstall on a running system. The only thing you can't do is have it write to mounted disk space. I don't think that is your intent, so there should be no problem. Just be careful when you specifiy devices to write to. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > 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"