Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:11:59 +0200 From: iv gan <devif0@gmail.com> To: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto make sysintall Message-ID: <356446ef05081003115e8aed01@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050810030653.078cadd0@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <356446ef0508100239320d2bf0@mail.gmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050810030653.078cadd0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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Yep that's write. but there is no way to script a generic install so to install on different drives with different sizes. So for that there is maybe a way to change something in the sysintall sources. But without any success for the moment Thanks Ivo On 8/10/05, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> wrote: > At 02:39 AM 8/10/2005, iv gan wrote: > >Hi there, > >I try to make a custom installation of FreeBSD 5.3 in a way that there > >are no questions during the process but rather it detects the hard > >disk size makes the partitions etc... > >For the moment I smply try to compile sysinstall (cd > >/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysintall && make all) > >and it compiles without any problem. The size on the output file is > >about 1,2M. The problem comes when I put it in a mfsroot file and when > >it loads on startup. The sysinstall simply don't start. In the same > >time on the secont vty after 20secs I got a messages like "pid NNN > >(sh) uid 0, was killed: out of swap space" or something like it. > >So my question is is there a correct manner to make the sysinstall > >(like going to /usr/src and then make everything around). The original > >size is about 2.2 Megs and the one I got is about a 1meg less. It is > >compiled staticly (NOSHARED=3Dyes it have to mean that no??) > >For the moment i don't touch the code. Just compile it to try. The > >newly compiled sysinstall is running when it is executed from the > >directory where it is situated (like ./sysintall). > >Hm I thing thats all I have like symptoms. > >Any suggestions? > >Or better is there a way to script an Auto partitioning of the hard > >disk without touching the code. >=20 > The bulk of the sysinstall man page covers how to script an install. >=20 > -Glenn >=20 >=20 > >thanks and good luck to allz > > > >Ivo > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >=20 >
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