From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 09:12:18 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 082AB16A4CE for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:12:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from asclepius.uwa.edu.au (asclepius3.uwa.edu.au [130.95.128.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCDCA43D55 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:12:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from asclepius.kas (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 0205E18378A for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:12:15 +0800 (WST) Received: from asclepius (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asclepius.prekas (Postfix) with SMTP id E4356183720 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:12:14 +0800 (WST) X-UWA-Client-IP: 130.95.13.9 (UWA) Received: from mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.9]) by asclepius.input (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6CCF183566 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:12:14 +0800 (WST) Received: by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix, from userid 801) id 9BA8417E0F; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:11:50 +0800 (WST) Received: from mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.18]) by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81F0817E0F; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:11:49 +0800 (WST) Received: from zanchey (helo=localhost) by mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DVnFt-000154-00; Wed, 11 May 2005 17:11:49 +0800 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 17:11:49 +0800 (WST) From: David Adam To: Chris Phillips In-Reply-To: <42814A17.1010301@Rainbow-IT.net> Message-ID: References: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> <42814A17.1010301@Rainbow-IT.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Formal (236/050427) X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Detect Hard [UCS 290904] X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: SysLog X-SpamTest-Info: Profile: Marking Spam - Subject (UCS) [02-08-04] X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 2.0.0 [0125], KAS/Release cc: FreeBSD MailingList Subject: Re: 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: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:12:18 -0000 On Wed, 11 May 2005, Chris Phillips wrote: > 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 :) Chris, If you do want install CD (the other posters so far have looked at thin-client stuff), you might want to check out FreeSBIE and its customisation scripts. It's very straightforward to build a custom CD with things like RDesktop, and comes with a built-in installer (although it does require some extra work to get things like the source and ports trees). www.freesbie.org Cheers, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au