From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 13 02:46:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4753F106564A for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:46:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from que11.charter.net (que11.charter.net [209.225.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D472B8FC08 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:46:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from imp09 ([10.20.200.9]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090413023555.GUTN21265.mta11.charter.net@imp09>; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:35:55 -0400 Received: from larry.local ([24.176.103.31]) by imp09 with smtp.charter.net id eqbv1b0080gfJ3405qbvUM; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:35:55 -0400 Message-Id: From: Charles Howse To: Steve Lake In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20090412203550.0212d070@mail.raiden.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:35:55 -0500 References: <5.2.0.9.2.20090412203550.0212d070@mail.raiden.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a custom install disk for Freebsd? 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: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:46:50 -0000 On Apr 12, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Steve Lake wrote: > Hi all. I'm looking at trying to create a custom install > disk for Freebsd based off an existing install to make > reinstallation quick and painless Hi Steve, FreeBSD's install can be scripted... Quoted from "BSD Hacks" by Dru Lavigne "FreeBSD's install mechanism lives in /stand/sysinstall. Not surprisingly, man sysinstall describes all of the scriptable bits of this program. I'll go over some useful parameters, but you'll definitely want to skim through the manpage to see if there are additional parameters suited to your particular environment. FreeBSD also comes with a commented, ready-to-customize install script, located in /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg. Copy this file, then edit the copy in your favorite editor." OTOH, a bootable dvd with a cloned image on it would be a much simpler solution, IMHO. -- Thanks, Charles Things you'd like to say out lout at work, but can't... What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?