From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 17:30:21 2003 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 B9C1916A4BF for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Valuedj.com (adsl-216-100-130-20.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.100.130.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C85AF43FBF for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:30:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from whizkid@valuedj.com) Received: from www.valuedj.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by Valuedj.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C7269C9CC for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:22:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 208.253.246.93 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user whizkid) by www.valuedj.com with HTTP; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:22:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <10690.208.253.246.93.1066684927.squirrel@www.valuedj.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:22:07 -0400 (EDT) From: whizkid@valuedj.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: Noob FreeBSD 5.1 install question 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: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:30:21 -0000 Hi All, I am new to this list and new to freeBSD. I run a Mandrake 9.1 server and wish to convert to FreeBSD. Here are 2 questions that I have. A) I have reinstall freeBSD many times over and over. I work with W2k machine at work and do a Unattended install when I don't want to select the same options over and over again on multiple machines. Is there a way I can create a install Config file to select all my options for me? Is there a way I can take a snapshot of the way the OS is currently configured and make a Install Config File? Maybe something that will auto set my TimeZone, Partition / Slice sizes, just to get the Base OS installed without any ports (except for maybe Lynx Text Web Browser) B) after installing Various ports on the system, do I have to do a Make Clean after each install or can I run Make Clean after installing all of my required Ports? Just as FYI I am running FreeBSD 5.1, I have downloaded and Burned the 2 ISO's (Full Install and Repair / Fix It) I run the install from the cd, then I choose to NOT install the ports, download the 19.x meg file from FreeBSD.org/ports and un Tar it into the /usr folder. Thanks for any help you can provide. John