From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 5:14:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C2537B423 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 05:14:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E24643E72 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 05:14:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82CEiuF015030 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 06:14:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g82CEhpU015027 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 06:14:44 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 06:14:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Self-installing restore CD Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As a backup method for several small FreeBSD servers, I'm considering having the system write a bootable CDR. If the system was booted from the CDR, it would reinstall the same setup, making it possible to rebuild one of these servers from scratch within a few minutes. (I don't really want to *run* off the CDR a la LiveCD, as small customizations happen from time to time.) Can anyone offer pointers on creating a hands-off install like this? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message