Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:32:15 +0000 From: Andrew Von Cid <andrew@accid.net> To: Jeff Gold <jeff.gold@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting sysinstall Message-ID: <20080229133214.GA78265@farnborough.darq.net>
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Hi Jeff, > I'm having problems with sysinstall used from a script. (Before you > ask, yes I've read the man page and yes I know sysinstall is "greatly > in need of death" but I've not yet found a plausible alternative. I'm > all ears if you've got one to suggest.) I had a lot of drama trying to get a similar thing working with sysinstall a while ago and never got it the way I wanted. Have you considered partitioning the disk manually with fdisk & bsdlabel and installing the freebsd distributions using the install.sh scripts provided on the freebsd install cd's (e.g. DESTDIR=/mnt ./install.sh)? I think this would be easier to script in sh rather than fight with sysinstall. I've read an article[1] that tells you how to install freebsd on a usb stick using this technique, and I don't see a reason why this cannot be done with a normal disk. Hope this helps, Andrew. [1] http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/4/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2| -- accidents happen...
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