On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 01:50:05PM +0000, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: >> What options are available for installing an asterisk system onto a >> bare-metal system ? >> >> Ones that I have seen: >> >> pbx-in-a-flash > > Builds from osurce but hides its build scripts. Good luck with fixing > bugs there. > >> trixbox > > A binary distriubtion. > >> astlinux > > Builds everything from scratch. If you want to control everything (e.g. > the kernel and libc), it might be the ideal solution. > >> >> What I am trying to achieve is to be able to shove a cd / usb into a >> machine and have it install asterisk, complete with my .conf files. >> >> I also need Cepstral installing. >> > > The proecss is trivial to automate on just about anywhere. For > instance, you can find my version of the bristuff build tarball at > > http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/bristuff/1.4/ > > http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/bristuff/1.4/bristuff-0.4.0-RC4-xr5.tar.gz > > Check INSTALL.html / INSTALL for instructions. > > To fit your model, run: > > ./download.sh > > copy the resulting directory to a CD / USB key, install the system, and > on the target system run from that same tarball: > > ./prereq.sh > ./compile.sh # also installs everything > > With a bit of work it would work well on your favourite distribution > (and make it run automatically at the end of the installer) > >> Ideally, I would like to be able to mount an .iso file, chroot into it, >> and update / compile / build whatever I need before burning the iso >> file. This would allow me (for example) to update the asterisk 1.4 >> source as and when i desire. >> >> Does anyone know of anything that comes close to this ? I have tried >> astlinux, but cannot seem to get curl and jabber working properly, and >> haven't even tried to get Cepstral working :) >> >> Alternatively, is there any software that can turn an existing system >> into a package / .iso that can then be installed on another machine ? > > If you package it into packages: yes. If not: yes, but you don't really > want it. You should be able to adapt your installation to different > environments, and not only to the specific partition size and colletion > of devices that happened to be used where you installed. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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