From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 7 4:48:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E950A37B401 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 04:48:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8362343E4A for ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 04:48:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB7Cmi46001347 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:48:44 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB7CmdUd001346 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:48:39 GMT Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:48:39 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: custom version of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20021207124839.GA1286@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <1039264464.6618.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1039264464.6618.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_05_08, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:34:23AM -0900, Damien Hull wrote: > Is it possible to create a custom version of FreeBSD? Say I want a web > server installation. Can I create a custom version of FreeBSD that will > create a web server for you when you do the installation? It should auto > install apache etc.. All I should have to do is configure the drive and > network settings. The rest should be done by the install process. Yes. /stand/sysinstall is scriptable (see the sysinstall(8) man page). You can even go as far as building your own release with your own kernel and other customizations. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message