Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:16:48 -0900 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> Subject: Re: Can sysinstall be run interactively to install onto a second drive? Message-ID: <200902270916.48980.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <20090227174839.GA44084@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <23337311.401235756340065.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <325452.421235756630247.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <20090227174839.GA44084@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Friday 27 February 2009 08:48:39 Jerry McAllister wrote:
> 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.
Yes for sure. You can partition secondary drives on a running system as long
as the drive isn't mounted and your kern.securelevel < 2.
You will need to define "doesn't seem to like what I'm trying to do" to get a
more constructive answer.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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