From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 14 21:13:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA05148 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:13:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from precipice.shockwave.com (ppp-206-170-5-4.rdcy01.pacbell.net [206.170.5.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA05143 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:13:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from shockwave.com (localhost.shockwave.com [127.0.0.1]) by precipice.shockwave.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA08484; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:12:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703150512.VAA08484@precipice.shockwave.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Johan Nilsson , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall, freebsd.cfg and load preconf In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:44:37 PST." <6244.858357877@time.cdrom.com> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:12:54 -0800 From: Paul Traina Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Speaking of enhancements, I've tested and got 99.5% running my changes. There's some media stuff I don't quite understand, so it asks me to remove a floppy when it shouldn't, but other than that, it's dead solid. From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: Re: Sysinstall, freebsd.cfg and load preconf > In FreeBSD 2.1.0 there is an alternative in the sysinstall menu called > Load a pre-configuration file from floppy > with which you can make an automated installation. > I can't find that possibility in the later 2.1 releases. > Have I missed something? No, it got yanked out due to lack of use (it made various parts of the code far more twisty too) then sort of put back in different, more limited form. I'm still behind on my promise to document this new configuration file system, but just as soon as I fold in some of Paul Traina's latest enhancements to it, I promise that I will! Jordan