From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 8 22:59:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D515C15B0D for ; Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:59:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA09272; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:57:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA27973; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:57:00 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.2/8.9.1) id HAA79307; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:57:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990409075700.C79182@sr.se> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:57:00 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Nathan Ahlstrom Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Making a scripted installation of FreeBSD Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <19990409065841.B79182@sr.se> <19990409004851.B28945@winternet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990409004851.B28945@winternet.com>; from Nathan Ahlstrom on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 12:48:51AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 12:48:51AM -0500, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > Gunnar Flygt 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 :) -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message