Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:04:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: jeffries@silo.csci.unt.edu (Jeffrey Lynn Jeffries) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wanting to make custom installations Message-ID: <199804201904.OAA02606@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420134918.15525F-100000@xray.csci.unt.edu> from Jeffrey Lynn Jeffries at "Apr 20, 98 01:54:08 pm"
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In a previous message, Jeffrey Lynn Jeffries said: > I would like to make custom installations based on the "type" of machine > it will be (i.e. workstation, file server, etc.). Is there a way I can > make a boot floppy that will set up the disk, set up the DNS, gateway, > etc., and the install only the packages I want from a list (rather than > having to select them all by hand)? I can't really make a "master hard > drive" and use dd to duplicate it since I don't have the extra hardware to > spare for that - but I do have a large fs exported via NFS that I can use. > > Any ideas?? Sure, make a minimal kernel, and compress it with kzip. Then, put it on a floppy that has a bootblock. Populate with the tools you need and create an rc file that asks the right questions and does the right things. I did this and burned my own CD with dump images of a generic machine. If you don't have a CD burner. Perhaps a SyQuest EzJet (1.5 gig) or Sparq (1.0 gig) or an Iomega Jaz, would do the trick. -- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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