FreeBSD custom CD and extra files to be included in the iso

[Amitabh Kant]

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>wrote:

>
> On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Amitabh Kant wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amitabh Kant <amitabhkant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I have been able to use the "make release" command to create a custom iso
>
> for FreeBSD which includes some changes to the various bsdinstall scripts.
>
> It all works well as the iso / memory stick images / ftp files are
>
> generated and usable.
>
>
> What I would now like to do is try adding couple of files, scripts and/or
>
> packages, to this custom iso. I am a little confused on where the files
>
> should be placed so that it is placed in either root's home directory after
>
> installation?
>
>
> Amitabh
>
>
>
> Sorry for not making it clear in my last mail, I am using FreeBSD 9.0
> RELEASE on amd64 arch.
>
>
> If you use the DRUID (http://druidbsd.sf.net/), this is extremely easy.
>
> Step-by-step instructions...
>
> NOTE: Feel free to use ANY operating system you like, so long as it has
> (1) /bin/sh (2) cvs (3) mkisofs (4) GNU make. Including (but not limited
> to) Mac OS X (with developer tools installed), Cygwin, Linux, and of
> course, FreeBSD.
>
> 1. mkdir druidbsd.sf.net
>
> 2. cd druidbsd.sf.net
>
> 3. cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/druidbsd
> login
>
> NOTE: Press "ENTER" when prompted for "CVS password:"
>
> NOTE: Ignore warning about "failed to open ~/.cvspass"
>
> 4. cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous at druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/druidbsd
> co -P druidbsd/druid
>
> NOTE: The screen will stream information for about 5-10 minutes as it
> downloads 510MB of source code to the FreeBSD DRUID installer -- a
> sysinstall(8) based custom FreeBSD 9.0 installer capable of installing
> *either* i386 or amd64 from the same disc (among many many other things).
>
> 5. cd druidbsd/druid
>
> NOTE: The DRUID has a special directory in-which anything placed there
> gets copied to the target installation disk automatically after
> installation of the Operating System completes (but before any
> post-installation scripts are run). This directory is called "sys_custom"
> and it lives within the RELEASE directory. Within sys_custom, files are
> copied exactly as-is, so since you mentioned that you wanted to copy files
> to "/root", let's operate under that assumption below.
>
> 6. mkdir -p src/freebsd/repos/9.0-RELEASE-amd64/sys_custom/root
>
> 7. cp myfiles src/freebsd/repos/9.0-RELEASE-amd64/sys_custom/root/
>
> NOTE: If you want the same files available for the installation of the
> i386 release of 9.0-RELEASE, you should repeat the above steps 6-7 with the
> destination directory "src/freebsd/repos/9.0-RELEASE/sys_custom/root"
> (remember, the DRUID is a unified installer that supports both the
> installation of i386 and amd64 from the same disc).
>
> 8. ./configure
>
> 9. make freebsd
>
> NOTE: Replace "make" with "gmake" if on FreeBSD
>
> NOTE: If you're using FreeBSD, you may have to first say "pkg_add -r
> gmake" followed by "rehash" (if using csh or tcsh as your shell).
>
> NOTE: Also, if you need to get "mkisofs", it's "pkg_add -r cdrtools" (and
> again, "rehash" if using csh or tcsh as your shell).
>
> 10. You now have a custom "FreeBSD_Druid-9.0b56.iso" that will install
> your custom files automatically to /root when either i386 or amd64 is
> installed.
>
> ASIDE: sys_custom is like a "dumping ground" for anything and everything
> you simply want to be copied to-disk post-installation of the OS. If
> instead you want to write scripts to be run as part of the
> post-installation process, see instead "dep/freebsd/run_once/template.sh"
> and "src/freebsd/repos/9.0-RELEASE/run_once/*.sh" and
> "src/freebsd/repos/9.0-RELEASE-amd64/run_once/*.sh". The "run_once"
> directory unlike "sys_custom" is a "dumping ground" for post-installation
> scripts (any script ending in ".sh" in that directory will automatically be
> executed as part of the post-installation procedure after installing the OS.
>
> ASIDE: As you can tell, the DRUID is a FreeBSD installer that was designed
> to be *easily* extended by anybody/everybody on any OS they like (any OS
> that can produce or edit an ISO that is).
> --
> Devin
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Thanks Devin. Would take a look at DRUID.

Amitabh