From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 05:35:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3F916A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 05:35:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smp500.sitetronics.com (sitetronics.com [82.192.77.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391FA43D45 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 05:35:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dodell@offmyserver.com) Received: from localhost.sitetronics.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=smp500.sitetronics.com) by smp500.sitetronics.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DHbGi-000MW9-1T for freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:34:00 +0200 Received: (from dodell@localhost) by smp500.sitetronics.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j325Xx8v086560 for freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:33:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from dodell@offmyserver.com) X-Authentication-Warning: smp500.sitetronics.com: dodell set sender to dodell@offmyserver.com using -f Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:33:59 +0200 From: "Devon H. O'Dell " To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050402053359.GW8205@smp500.sitetronics.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org References: <424DDBAE.10304@understudy.net> <20050401195836.B9583@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="chReQkDOePndSGWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050401195836.B9583@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Subject: Re: headless cluster install X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:35:44 -0000 --chReQkDOePndSGWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 08:00:44PM -0500, c0ldbyte wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Understudy wrote: >=20 > >Hi, > > > >I am attempting to do a headless install with FreeBSD 5.3. The handbook = is=20 > >out of date on this. %.3 has a boot.flp and two kern.flp . The handbook= =20 > >asks you to do a echo "/boot/loader -h" > boot.config to the kern.flp bu= t=20 > >that is not the first floppy in 5.3 boot.flp is. So I tried it with=20 > >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=20 > >machine, and try to copy it that way. > > > > > >Sincerely, > >Brendhan >=20 > Located at:=20 > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.4-BETA1/floppies/README= =2ETXT > Section: 1.5.6 Tips for Serial Console Users. [snip] > Does that solve your problem or give you a hint of what to do ? >=20 > 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 --chReQkDOePndSGWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCTi7HSkf3jVXOdl0RAu59AJ9HcbZ6KEQhcIvUQY5CDaGekoDPbQCeMGT5 1+V/ricfTMGRaDQAJicrlcE= =CiML -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --chReQkDOePndSGWY--