Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:57:00 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Making a scripted installation of FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990409075700.C79182@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <19990409004851.B28945@winternet.com>; from Nathan Ahlstrom on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 12:48:51AM -0500 References: <19990409065841.B79182@sr.se> <19990409004851.B28945@winternet.com>
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On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 12:48:51AM -0500, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote:
> Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> wrote:
> > I'm having an interesting problem. My company has got NT as standard OS
> > for new installations. The installation of NT is totally scripted, so
> > that the sysops in the different regions (we are a Radio Company spread
> > all over the country) just enter some data (network card, video card,
> > IP-address, MAC-address, sound card) into a web interface, to a database.
> >
> > Then the machine installing is booted with a floppy to log into the
> > network, get a base image of the file system and then continue the
> > installation automatically.
> >
> > Now, I got a question. Could we make (just for the challenge) FreeBSD
> > available as an option for OS? Well, making it a choice in the web
> > interface is the easy part :), but how do I make an unattended
> > installation of FreeBSD from a script?
> >
> > My first idea was to start with a DOS-partition and run fbsdboot.exe
> > from there, but how do I proceed?
>
> You may want to look at /usr/src/release/sysinstall/install.cfg.
> It is an automated install file. All you need is a floppy disk (I think).
>
> I have never used it and I believe the source is the documentation, perhaps
> after you become familiar with it you could write some. ;-)
OK! I'll look into that, and if I succeed, I'll see if I can make some
documentation.
>
> Good Luck,
Thanks, I Might need it :)
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