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On 21 Jul, Dan Mack wrote:

> 
> Is there a jumpstart (solaris), kickstart (redhat linux), roboinst (irix),
> or ignite (hpux) like auto-installer for BSD?
> 
> If there was, then I wouldn't image the disk at all, I'd instead setup up 
> custom network images that I could blast to any system just by pxebooting 
> it.  I'm not sure if it is possible with FreeBSD though, anyone?
> 

According to its manpage, 'sysinstall' is supposed to be able to read a
config file in order to be able to configure an installation with no
user interaction.

Philippe.