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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 15:38:57 -0300
From:      Franco Bruno Borghesi <fborghesi@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>
Subject:   Re: Installing on multiple machines
Message-ID:  <e13c14ec05052411384625bdd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44d5rgscqb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <20050524130813.GA5576@aurora.oekb.co.at> <44d5rgscqb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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You could use freebsd livecd (http://livecd.sourceforge.net/) for multiple=
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installations. I don't know what kickstart is, but livecd lets you build an=
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installation cd from an existing installation, and replicate it on other=20
machines.

24 May 2005 14:25:16 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <
freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>:
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> Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> writes:
>=20
> > 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?
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> I'm not much of an expert on FreeBSD installs, and I know even less
> about Linux installs, but seeing that no one else has spoken up, I can
> at least point you in a few relevant directions.
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> First of all, the standard install is scriptable to some extent. The
> manual for sysinstall(8) documents this capability. There are some
> messages in the archives of this list discussing people doing that.
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> Another option is Freesbie, which has recently gained the ability to
> install to hard disk.
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