From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 22:13:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 A86E916A41F for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:13:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3860343D55 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:13:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j79MDivf021527 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:13:44 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j79MDi6P022362; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:13:44 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0DB25512BD; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:13:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:13:43 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: iv gan Message-ID: <20050809221343.GA5122@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <356446ef0508091304795b8a6c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FCuugMFkClbJLl1L" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <356446ef0508091304795b8a6c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:13:45 -0000 --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:04:34PM +0200, iv gan wrote: > Hi there, > I try to make a custom installation of FreeBSD 5.3 in a way that there > are no questions during the process but rather it detects the hard > disk size makes the partitions etc... > For the moment I smply try to compile sysinstall (cd > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysintall && make all) > and it compiles without any problem. The size on the output file is > about 1,2M. The problem comes when I put it in a mfsroot file and when > it loads on startup. The sysinstall simply don't start. In the same > time on the secont vty after 20secs I got a messages like "process NNN > killed. no swap available" or something like it. > So my question is is there a correct manner to make the sysinstall > (like going to /usr/src and then make everything around). The original > size is about 2.2 Megs and the one I got is about a 1meg less. It is > compiled staticly (NOSHARED=3Dyes it have to mean that no??) > For the moment i don't touch the code. Just compile it to try. The > newly compiled sysinstall is running when it is executed from the > directory where it is situated (like ./sysintall). > Hm I thing thats all I have like symptoms.=20 > Any suggestions? > Or better is there a way to script an Auto partitioning of the hard > disk without touching the code. >=20 > thanks and good luck to allz AFAIK, if you want to build customized boot/install media you have to use the 'make release' process. This is somewhat documented in the documentation on the website. Kris --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC+SqXWry0BWjoQKURApKKAKDGr8NhZdsYL08C2nltHTNCVTdBvwCg4lW6 zS1RmpBdEKB9cAtZfufPDz0= =GGFr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L--