From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 10 19:17:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A2A16A4DA for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:17:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C7E43D4C for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:17:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6AJH67Z000819; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:17:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <44B2A7AB.7000902@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:16:59 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060610) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matias References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6DA233F069EE8F1C25FAAB08" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:17:06 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.3, clamav-milter version 0.88.3 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unattended installations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:17:21 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6DA233F069EE8F1C25FAAB08 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matias wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I work for an ISP, we offer currently Linux and Windows dedicated hosti= ng > services and I'm trying to convince mi boss to start a new product base= d on > FreeBSD. >=20 > Now he is asking me for how we could do unattended installations..... I= 've > an idea of how to do it, but seems like I have a lot fof work ahead... = is > any howto, tutorial, guide, etc? http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/articl= e.html Is an example of how to set things up to install over a network. You can= also install in a similar way from CD Rom by supplying a configuration sc= ript to sysinstall, exactly like the install.cfg file described in the PXEBOOT= article. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig6DA233F069EE8F1C25FAAB08 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEsqey8Mjk52CukIwRA5UWAJ9ZfdrO2ydmwpZFUis7huIsuEVn5gCferIz 2nllGF+4AKP791OKWeuldYk= =CKrt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6DA233F069EE8F1C25FAAB08--