On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:20:34 +0530, Amitabh Kant wrote: > All the commands run fine and I am able to generate an iso. Now, couple of > questions that have confused me: > a) Where do I place install.cfg file for sysinstall to read without any user > intervention? In the root directory of the disc1 layout or inside > 8.2-Release / other sub directory?
According to /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg's location from which one would conclude that the sysinstall would be in /usr/sbin of the CD (as well as installed on the disk), I would assume install.cfg to be in the same directory as the sysinstall program itself - /usr/sbin. But it could also be /stand... > b) Is there a place where I can get a sample install.cfg with all the > options explained? All I could find were different examples tailored to > specific situations, most of them towards PXE boot. The file /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg does contain some comments for explaination. Also see "man 8 sysinstall" for the "SCRIPT SYNTAX" section. > c) Is it necessary to define every step in install.cfg? I would like to keep > disk partition / label and network configuration dialogs available (root > password if necessary), while setting values for all other user dialogs and > screens. I don't think it is neccessary (as assumed by the "incomplete" install.cfg mentioned above), but consult the documentation to be sure. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
