Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:13:41 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: custom version of FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212070811500.24694-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20021207124839.GA1286@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:34:23AM -0900, Damien Hull wrote: > > Is it possible to create a custom version of FreeBSD? Say I want a web > > server installation. Can I create a custom version of FreeBSD that will > > create a web server for you when you do the installation? It should auto > > install apache etc.. All I should have to do is configure the drive and > > network settings. The rest should be done by the install process. > > Yes. /stand/sysinstall is scriptable (see the sysinstall(8) man page). > You can even go as far as building your own release with your own > kernel and other customizations. Another route would be to use LiveCD (/usr/ports/sysutils/livecd). Build a CD with the setup needed, and then use LiveCD's install script to install it on booting from the CD. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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