From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 22:26:54 2004 Return-Path: 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 5718616A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:26:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bitfreak.org (mail.bitfreak.org [65.75.198.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D4543D1D for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:26:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmp@bitfreak.org) Received: from speck.techno.pagans (c-24-21-241-225.client.comcast.net [24.21.241.225]) by mail.bitfreak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03D42A477; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spud (spud.techno.pagans [172.21.42.19]) by speck.techno.pagans (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA3FA926; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:25:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Darren Pilgrim" To: "'Andrew L. Gould'" Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:26:44 -0700 Message-ID: <000f01c46ddf$7ba39830$132a15ac@spud> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <200407191554.39500.algould@datawok.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal cc: '3BSD' cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How to install a custom built world+kernel to a machine with no OS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:26:54 -0000 > From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto:algould@datawok.com] > On Monday 19 July 2004 03:32 pm, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > [Private email redirected back to list] > > > > > From: 3BSD [mailto:assadbsd@gmail.com] > > > > > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 04:21:09 -0700, Darren Pilgrim > > > > > > wrote: > > > > I have a number of machines onto which I want to install a > > > > custom-built world, kernel and set of packages, all of which have > > > > been built on another machine. The target machines presently have > > > > no OS on them and can only be booted by CD. > > > > > > How similar are those machines hardware wise? Because if they are > > > really similar, you could use an imaging utility such as norton > > > ghost to replicate one install on any number of machines, provided > > > their hardware is similar, but if you use a Generic kernel, I'd > > > imagine you don't even need the machines to be that similar at all. > > > > That doesn't solve the problem, though. I would still need to > > install the OS onto at least one machine. > > So are you saying that the custom world and kernel are not > the system in use on the computer on which they exist? Is the build machine part of the build set? No. > Assuming you've already edited the configuration files > (/etc/rc.conf, /etc/fstab, etc): > > 1. Could you take the harddrives out of the destination > computers, mount > them on the source computer, and copy the system onto the hard drives? The target machines will be using UFS2. The build machine runs 4.9. > 2. Couldn't you use a live cdrom distribution (Freesbie, Knoppix, BBC > Linux, etc) to boot the machine, setup networking, mount the > hard drive and transfer (ftp, nfs, rsync, etc) the custom system to > the new computer? No version of Linux is going to have the programs or environment to run installworld. I spoke with one of the FreeSBIE people (Drizzt) and s/he said a FreeSBIE CD would have the necessary tools for installing via makeworld so that looks like a good option.