Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:00:49 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to sysinstall? Message-ID: <20090223230049.c2ab3072.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <15948145.381235425889168.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> References: <30986179.301235425181957.JavaMail.HALO$@halo> <15948145.381235425889168.JavaMail.HALO$@halo>
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A possibility would be to develop the different target systems first on a "builder system", maybe using jails. This system is completely installed as it is intended to be on the target system later on. Then the partitions are dumped (using dump, of course) as data files onto the USB thumb. Furthermore, the thumb holds a bootable system with a hand-craftet installer that first slices, partitions and formats the hard drive and then just resores (using restore) the content from the dump files onto the (empty) hard disk. After another reboot the system should boot up fine as it has been preconfigured on the "builder machine". Other members of this mailing list will soon tell you some much better ways to achieve your goal. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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