Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:58:04 +0200 From: joel@levee-online.org To: Artis Caune <artis.caune@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting sysinstall at boot time Message-ID: <1220435884.48be5fac8b1d5@imp.online.net> In-Reply-To: <9e20d71e0809020341x2627c8f0qa6fc8c58c052167@mail.gmail.com> References: <1220348951.48bd0c17315aa@imp.online.net> <9e20d71e0809020341x2627c8f0qa6fc8c58c052167@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Artis Caune <artis.caune@gmail.com>: Hi Artis, Thank you for your quick answer, /sbin/init is actualy replaced by sysinstall because it is not present on the mfsroot thus sysinstall is launched instead of init. Best regards, Joel Levee. > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM, <joel@levee-online.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Something seems magic in freebsd: I am looking for what does start > > sysinstall at boot time when I boot from the installation CD. > > The only thing related to systinstall is the setting of the init_path > variable > > in the loader.rc file but it is in comment thus the loader should finish > > by launchinig init as usual so what does make it launch sysinstall instead? > > I think /sbin/init is replaced with sysinstall. > > > > As you may guess, my goal is to create an customized installation CD in > > order to install a network appliance wich embedds freebsd. > > I also use custom install script, and I replace /etc/rc on mfs image. > > > > > -- > regards, > Artis Caune > > <----. CCNA > <----|==================== > <----' didii FreeBSD >
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