From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Jun 18 02:55:33 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 15F4D37B401
	for <stable@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:55:33 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from stanley.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
	(stanley.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de [131.188.137.28])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7298943F85
	for <stable@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:55:31 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from neuf@lrs.eei.uni-erlangen.de)
Received: from lrs.eei.uni-erlangen.de (kirk.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
	[131.188.137.140])LAA15269; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:55:25 +0200 (MET DST)
Sender: neuf@lrs.eei.uni-erlangen.de
Message-ID: <3EF0370D.CF06CFC@lrs.eei.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:55:25 +0200
From: Harald Neuffer <neuf@lrs.eei.uni-erlangen.de>
Organization: Lehrstuhl fuer Rechnergestuetzten Schaltungsentwurf
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u)
X-Accept-Language: en, de
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Ed <Ed.Braaten@intel.com>, stable@freebsd.org
References: <20030617224817.GA86677@spielplatz.dp.intel.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
cc: ed@braatens.org
Subject: Re: 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
	<freebsd-stable.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:55:33 -0000

Ed wrote:
> 
> I would like to customize our store-bought, bootable FreeBSD CD
> so that it does a non-interactive (or minimally interactive ;-)
> install.
> 
> The interim solution we've devised has our lab execution
> techs booting from a CD and then using the Sysinstall "Load config
> file" menu option to load an "install.cfg" file from a floppy.
> We'd like to eliminate this step by having Sysinstall read the
> install.cfg from the bootable CD.  I've found other folks asking
> the same question, but to date no answers...
> 
> Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Hi,

have think about booting and installing your FreeBSD machines over the
net. Have a look to
http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml

I assume you have Intel network cards in your computers, thus they
should boot via PXE.

Hope this helps,

Harald