Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:09 +0100 From: Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com> To: Saurabh Chopra <Saurabh.Chopra@infogain.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: build image from the source Message-ID: <20081216125409.GA92737@intserv.int1.b.intern> In-Reply-To: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B0A188FDA@GDCMX01.igglobal.com> References: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B0A188FDA@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 05:38:37PM +0530, Saurabh Chopra wrote: > Hi all, > > I am absolutely a newbie in freebsd. My query is that I want to create > an image from the freebsd sources. And I will be using this image to > boot another x86 machine. Is there any utility that will use the > compiled kernel and build the image? .Please be as descriptive in your > answers as possible. You may find http://romana.now.ie/writing/customfreebsdiso.html helpful - see also 'man release' for further information. If you need to set up several possibly identical machines, you might however want to setup a central server that provides the data created with make buildworld and make buildkernel and provide booting and installing via dhcp and startscripts (eg. for serverfarms). That way it is also much easier to keep all servers updated. As you said you're a newbie in freebsd, you might consider using FreeBSD Stable instead of Current (also for the mailing list). Currently this means using 7.x and not 8. See the FreeBSD handbook for further details on stable vs. current: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html Best regards, Holger
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