From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 15:48:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C89AA37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from caduceus.jf.intel.com (fmr06.intel.com [134.134.136.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB0E43FBF for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:48:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ed@intel.com) Received: from petasus.jf.intel.com (petasus.jf.intel.com [10.7.209.6]) 2003/05/22 21:17:36 rfjohns1 Exp $) with ESMTP id h5HMgru03470; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:42:53 GMT Received: from spielplatz.dp.intel.com ([172.24.235.92]) 2003/05/22 21:18:01 rfjohns1 Exp $) with ESMTP id h5HMhhu04234; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:43:43 GMT Received: from spielplatz.dp.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5HMmHRq086735; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:48:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ed@spielplatz.dp.intel.com) Received: (from ed@localhost) by spielplatz.dp.intel.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h5HMmHqf086734; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:48:17 -0700 From: Ed To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030617224817.GA86677@spielplatz.dp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Message-Flag: This message brought to you by Ed's mutt e-mail client program running on FreeBSD 4.8. X-Ed-Was-Here: Thanks for looking! cc: ed@braatens.org Subject: How to make a customized, unattended install for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:48:20 -0000 --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would like to customize our store-bought, bootable FreeBSD CD=20 so that it does a non-interactive (or minimally interactive ;-)=20 install. =20 The interim solution we've devised has our lab execution=20 techs booting from a CD and then using the Sysinstall "Load config=20 file" menu option to load an "install.cfg" file from a floppy. =20 We'd like to eliminate this step by having Sysinstall read the=20 install.cfg from the bootable CD. I've found other folks asking=20 the same question, but to date no answers...=20 Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated! --=20 Ed Braaten DuPont Compatibility Validation Lab Intel Corp, DuPont, WA +1 (253) 371-2515 --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+75qwy28aAE4M6ZwRApiMAKDNhR6Joe9gVagrX3JTwSuGkuneEgCcDoY+ d0wRNT8v+uWVPFL3Xr37dBs= =8Ral -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--