On 1/20/12 9:36 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> >> On 1/19/12 3:25 AM, Allan McKinnon wrote: >>> I finally got to install FreeBSD 9 onto my computer and noticed that >>> the installer is now different. It seems to me that it forces you >>> into doing extra steps that I was comfortable doing on my own. I >>> really enjoyed the old installer because then I had complete control >>> over how I tweaked my computer during and after the install. I am >>> surprised that there is no gui present while installing FreeBSD >>> because it feels more like Ubuntu or a windows install (somewhat). >>> Please, please, please take this nightmare away and bring the beloved >>> installer that was before FreeBSD 9. >>> Thank you for listening. >>> Allan >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Erm, you have to realize the new installer was discussed at length here, >> when 9.0 was still under development/beta/prerelease. >> >> Then would have been the best time to voice your frustration over the >> new scheme. >> >> >> >> Alternatively, you could do like me and install entirely by hand: >> >> - boot an MFSBSD image (thanks mm@ ) >> - partition your disks from there (see http://my.gd/bsd.htm for a rough >> sketch on how to use gpart) >> - fetch the 9.0 archives in .txz (tar.xz) format >> - unpack archives with xz -d >> - untar archived to the mountpoint with your new filesystems (eg: tar xf >> base.tar -C /mnt) >> - customize configuration files (rc.conf, fstab, root's password or SSH >> key, sshd_config to allow root login temporarily) >> >> And then most of all, profit ;) >> >> >> >> I've been doing installs this way first with 8.x (using the install >> scripts on the CDROM) then now with 9.x unpacking the .txz archives. >> >> I'm quite happy with it, the process is simple enough to document and >> reproduce, and offers suitable customization options. >> >> We've developed a tiny web interface here that lets us customize the >> size, type and label of our GPT partitions, hostname, IP address, root >> password and SSH accounts/keys to deploy on such newly installed >> machines. >> The interface spits the whole wall of commands to paste once logged in >> to the MFSBSD image to install the new OS and configure it. >> >> Works like a charm really. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> > > > so post your script so others can use it
I'm afraid it's not that simple, the PHP page that generates the customized lines to copy/paste for installations is integrated into our user management interface (for reasons I'll skip). I can't post that since it's corporate stuff. However you've got a rough sketch of how we do it at - http://my.gd/bsd.htm and a much more complete procedure based on it from Ollivier Robert at: - http://www.keltia.net/howtos/freebsd-dedibox _______________________________________________ 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"
