From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 13:04:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD231065673 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: from alogis.com (firewall.solit-ag.de [212.184.102.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8908FC08 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:04:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: from alogis.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alogis.com (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id mBGCs9Bk093472; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: (from hk@localhost) by alogis.com (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id mBGCs9CD093471; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:09 +0100 From: Holger Kipp To: Saurabh Chopra Message-ID: <20081216125409.GA92737@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:46 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: build image from the source X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:04:28 -0000 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