> From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Monday 19 July 2004 03:32 pm, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > [Private email redirected back to list] > > > > > From: 3BSD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 04:21:09 -0700, Darren Pilgrim > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a number of machines onto which I want to install a > > > > custom-built world, kernel and set of packages, all of which have > > > > been built on another machine. The target machines presently have > > > > no OS on them and can only be booted by CD. > > > > > > How similar are those machines hardware wise? Because if they are > > > really similar, you could use an imaging utility such as norton > > > ghost to replicate one install on any number of machines, provided > > > their hardware is similar, but if you use a Generic kernel, I'd > > > imagine you don't even need the machines to be that similar at all. > > > > That doesn't solve the problem, though. I would still need to > > install the OS onto at least one machine. > > So are you saying that the custom world and kernel are not > the system in use on the computer on which they exist?
Is the build machine part of the build set? No. > Assuming you've already edited the configuration files > (/etc/rc.conf, /etc/fstab, etc): > > 1. Could you take the harddrives out of the destination > computers, mount > them on the source computer, and copy the system onto the hard drives? The target machines will be using UFS2. The build machine runs 4.9. > 2. Couldn't you use a live cdrom distribution (Freesbie, Knoppix, BBC > Linux, etc) to boot the machine, setup networking, mount the > hard drive and transfer (ftp, nfs, rsync, etc) the custom system to > the new computer? No version of Linux is going to have the programs or environment to run installworld. I spoke with one of the FreeSBIE people (Drizzt) and s/he said a FreeSBIE CD would have the necessary tools for installing via makeworld so that looks like a good option. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
