From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 10 23:56:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9840C16A4CE for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 23:56:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta2.pe.inty.net (mta2.pe.inty.net [213.228.254.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C83F743D1F for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 23:56:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from SysAdmin@Rainbow-IT.net) Received: from localhost.localdomain (scan2.pe.inty.net [213.228.254.11]) by mta2.pe.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8623C68BD for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 00:56:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from venus.rainbow-it.net (venus.furrie.net [62.3.212.122]) by mta1.pe.inty.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECCB864A195 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 00:56:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from [10.6.8.7] (freya.hq.rainbow-it.net [10.6.8.7]) by venus.rainbow-it.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 851B8228AD for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 00:56:07 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <42814A17.1010301@Rainbow-IT.net> Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 00:56:07 +0100 From: Chris Phillips Organization: Rainbow IT Consultancy User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Macintosh/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD MailingList References: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MDF-HostID: 44 Subject: Creating a mini install disk, for particular needs X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 23:56:13 -0000 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is OK posting here, but I'm sure that you'll correct me if I've been imprudent. I am trying to find a suitable alternative to our crappy, solid-state, thin client boxes (because they are so awfully unreliable & the manufacturer has also gone down the tubes). We need a fairly painless way, to roll out a fresh install onto some random i386 hardware we have lying around (there's a plentiful supply), for any new users, who require a basic functioning GUI, with access to graphical email client, web browser & 'rdesktop' (for the windows applications, that they are all hooked on). What I'd love to be able to do, is to create a FreeBSD (it's my favorite) CD, that contains all that I need for these basic systems. Either, set up so that the install is automated, with just the minimal of setup, or so that it's got all the packages that I want & can all be installed straight off the CD (perhaps by choosing the "All Packages" option). Is what I've described actually possible? Would anyone be willing or able, to guide me toward a good resource that I can get reading? It would be very cool, if I could do this for our company. More bums on seats, for FreeBSD :) I eagerly look forward to any responses, thank you. Kind Regards, Chris Phillips Scanned for viruses by MailDefender