Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:33:59 +0200 From: "Devon H. O'Dell " <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: headless cluster install Message-ID: <20050402053359.GW8205@smp500.sitetronics.com> In-Reply-To: <20050401195836.B9583@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> References: <424DDBAE.10304@understudy.net> <20050401195836.B9583@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 08:00:44PM -0500, c0ldbyte wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Understudy wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I am attempting to do a headless install with FreeBSD 5.3. The handbook is > >out of date on this. %.3 has a boot.flp and two kern.flp . The handbook > >asks you to do a echo "/boot/loader -h" > boot.config to the kern.flp but > >that is not the first floppy in 5.3 boot.flp is. So I tried it with > >boot.flp and it did not work. My question is very specific. > > > >How can I configure the boot.flp to successfully do a headless install? > > > >It is not desirable to remove the hard drive, and place it another > >machine, and try to copy it that way. > > > > > >Sincerely, > >Brendhan > > Located at: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.4-BETA1/floppies/README.TXT > Section: 1.5.6 Tips for Serial Console Users. [snip] > Does that solve your problem or give you a hint of what to do ? > > Best regards, > --c0ldbyte I think he's more wondering about creating a kickstart installation with sysinstall. The creation of scripts for these kinds of installs are detailed in the sysinstall(8) manpage. I also believe that there are several links from google that discuss this as well if you search for various combinations of ``sysinstall headless kickstart'' and / or other relevant word combinations. Specifically, take a look at the LOAD_CONFIG_FILE section of the sysinstall(8) page. This should at least give you a pretty good idea of where to start and how to configure the installation. Kind regards, Devon H. O'Dell [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCTi7HSkf3jVXOdl0RAu59AJ9HcbZ6KEQhcIvUQY5CDaGekoDPbQCeMGT5 1+V/ricfTMGRaDQAJicrlcE= =CiML -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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