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From: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>
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Subject: Installing on multiple machines
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Hi,

I'd like to install 5.4 on several machines. The hardware is similar,
but not exactly equal (different size HDs, different amount of
memory).

Is there any way to install 5.4 on different machines with the same
options, i.e. same set of packages, same settings (e.g. keyboard)
etc. without manually going through the installation on every machine?

What I'm thinking of is something similar to the "kickstart" feature
in Linux.

Is there anything similar under FreeBSD available?

Thanks much in advance for any clue,
-ewald