From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 20 12:05:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15196 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 12:05:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA15118 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 19:05:02 GMT (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA02606; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:04:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199804201904.OAA02606@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Wanting to make custom installations To: jeffries@silo.csci.unt.edu (Jeffrey Lynn Jeffries) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:04:51 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Jeffrey Lynn Jeffries at "Apr 20, 98 01:54:08 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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