Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:18:23 +0400 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: who do you install freebsd without sysinstall? Message-ID: <20060831151823.GE56996@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060831145328.12803.qmail@web83113.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060831085225.GF14958@rambler-co.ru> <20060831145328.12803.qmail@web83113.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 07:53:28AM -0700, backyard wrote: > Out of curiosity... >=20 > So If I made a custom boot cd I could boot a dead box, > setup the drives and slices, CVSUP the system I want > to build, tweak the build environment for the proper > temporary build locations and build a system from > source and install that system to the now live box, > boot it and be done? >=20 Basically yes. When booting from CD though, I'll have to mdconfig(8) and re-mount at least /tmp, maybe /var as well. > also along these lines how do I make the system allow > me to seed the entropy engine? Usually after an > install it asks to fill in a screen full of junk, but > with a custom install it doesn't do this for me, at > least not the last time I tried. Just curious, > especially if I attempt the above procedure. >=20 Well, it does this only if the below conditions are met: 1) You have enabled sshd(8) in sysinstall(8), so it's enabled in /etc/rc.conf. 2) This is the first boot, /etc/rc.d/sshd needs to generate new SSH keys but random(4) hasn't been seeded yet. (random(4) is seeded by the /random and /var/db/random/* files.) So, if you did a custom install and then rebooted for the first time, but did not yet enable sshd(8), the cron(8) will save some entropy, so the time you need it to generate SSH keys there will already be some entropy available. But if you absolutely need to reseed manually, boot into single-user mode, and type rm /entropy /var/db/entropy/* Then proceed with normal booting. If sshd(8) is enabled, it will ask you to enter some entropy. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE9v2/qRfpzJluFF4RAogsAJ90i80IWj749Lx/a5KcjWfeCu7/ggCdEpb+ CtfFjC9RR+vaeM5l3Y/6ej0= =/Cmh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv--
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