Re: automated install?

From: Steve Burton (steve_at_sliderule.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:57:59 +0000

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:59:03 +0100, Christian Tischler
<christian@myunix.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>I would like to generate an self installing FreeBSD CD. It should
>contain all the packages and config files needed for an server, because
>I need to install several boxes with the exact same layout and
>configuration.
>Is there any howto/man or script that could help me?
>
>thx in advance
>
>christian

you could use g4u (http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/). Build one system to
suit, image the box to an ftp server and then 'ghost' that image onto
multiple machines. I used this successfully to produce 20 identical
systems. For machine specific setup, I wrote a script which was used
as the 'shell' for a special user so once the machine was booted I
could login in as that user and use a menu to set the hostname, IP
address, netmask and gateway. All worked well even though the hardware
on my boxes was *not* identical!

Steve.

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