Creating a custom install disk for Freebsd?

[Charles Howse]

On Apr 12, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Steve Lake wrote:

>        Hi all.  I'm looking at trying to create a custom install  
> disk for Freebsd based off an existing install to make  
> reinstallation quick and painless

Hi Steve,
FreeBSD's install can be scripted...
Quoted from "BSD Hacks" by Dru Lavigne
"FreeBSD's install mechanism lives in /stand/sysinstall. Not  
surprisingly, man sysinstall
describes all of the scriptable bits of this program. I'll go over  
some useful parameters, but
you'll definitely want to skim through the manpage to see if there are  
additional parameters
suited to your particular environment.
FreeBSD also comes with a commented, ready-to-customize install  
script, located in
/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg. Copy this file, then edit  
the copy in your favorite
editor."

OTOH, a bootable dvd with a cloned image on it would be a much simpler  
solution, IMHO.


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Thanks,
Charles

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