Date: 24 May 2005 14:25:16 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on multiple machines Message-ID: <44d5rgscqb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050524130813.GA5576@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20050524130813.GA5576@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> writes: > 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? 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. 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. Another option is Freesbie, which has recently gained the ability to install to hard disk.
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